The Aral Sea Encyclopedia - S doc

... A .S. Small Aral Sea, small Aral S 205 S. flow went to the Small Sea, which is, at present, separated from the Large Sea by a dam. After 1991, the S. basin was shared by four sovereign states ... below the threshold separating the Small and Large Seas, the most intensive increase of water salinity was witnessed in the eastern part of the Large Sea. The average...

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... ranches off to t he east-northeast from the ‘ Aral Sea ’ station. It goes as far as the Aralsulfat settlement (see) where table salt and sodium sulfate deposits were developed. Aral Sea Basin Program ... for the Aral Sea was not a surprise. It was foreseen in the early 196 0s, but all assessments of the situation were made largely on the basis economic indices. For examp...

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... proposed the soil theory of loess formation. A prominent place among the scientific issues addressed by Berg is his studies of the Caspian Sea. One of the chapters in his book, ‘‘Essays on the History ... The northern and eastern shores of the island are flat. The southern part of the island gets flooded in some places. Biodiversity of the Aral Sea Region – In the p...

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... Quaternary depos- its in the Circum -Aral area and in the Aral depression; details bottom and beach sediments and also the delta deposits of the Amudarya and Syrdarya; and studies the issues of Holocene ... lithogenesis. The book studies the lithology and salinity level of deposits f ormed as a result of the disastrous drop of the sea level as well as scales of ground d...

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... this is that the sea was like a blue island among a boundless sandy desert. In the 172 0s, thanks to the Russians, Western European cartography was enriched with new data about the vast Aral- Caspian ... Sea, ’’ L .S. Berg organized the first foot-gage observations of the Aral water level. The results of these physiographical investigations became the basis for Berg s e...

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... to the east of Berg Bay, 9.3 km to the south-west of the Kara-Karnau Cape (see). This is a shallow bay that intrudes to the southwest. The eastern coast of K.B. is low and sandy, and the southern ... mostly in winter and spring. The soils are gray-brown, sands prevail, and stony soils are also found. Solonetz, solonchaks. Among the grass vegetation the ephemers dominate. For...

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... Depression that lies near the Caspian Sea at 28 m below sea level. Further northwards, the land rises to 50–60 m. In the northeast, the Circum-Caspian Depression is limited by the Ural Mountains and ... molybdenum, boxites, oil, phosphates and cadmium, it ranks second. Out of all CIS countries, Kazakhstan possesses the largest hydrocarbon resources in the shelf of the Casp...

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... already in use. 76 C Cotton Cane coast – cane-cattail thickets form the coasts of A .S. , the Caspian Sea, Balkhash Lake, and others. As the shore zone of these lakes and seas is mostly shallow, the wave ... reed. The sands of the Greater Barsuki (see), Smaller Barsuki, and Circum -Aral Karakums (see) come close to the northern coast, while the sands of the Kyzylkums (see...

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... ‘‘environ- mental fairness’’ issues that may be raised as a result of such status. Dolgy Island* – covers Kishi-Karatyup Bay (see) on the north–west. This island is low-lying and sandy, with small ... parameters as causes, vectors, risks, degrees, rates, and depths. Among the maps are basic ones illustrating the prevailing causes and vectors of desertification and supplements showing t...

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... the western shore of the Small Aral Sea (see) 20 km to the south-west of the Tarangly Cape. The bay is shallow. The fishery area Shemyshkol (now closed) was found on the southern shore of the bay. Encyclopedia ... Island* – located to the west of the Djalpakkair strait (see) along the southeastern coast of A .S. in the center of the Zhiltyrbas Bay (see) and to...

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