The Aral Sea Encyclopedia - W,Y,Z pdf

... waterresources in the A.S. basin with a view to restore the water surfaces in the Circum -Aral Area.In 1993 the Scientific-Information Center of ICWC (SIC ICWC) (see) wasestablished at SANIIRI.Central ... Ch.often coincided with traced tectonic dislocations (to the south of the SudochieLake along the chink southward of the Dzhyltyrbas Bay coast and in someother places).Chumyshkol, Chumysh-Kul ... drop in the considered region. The general tendency of theseCircum -Aral expedition C 71 The whole eastern coast of the Aral Sea from the Akpetkinsky Archipelagoto the Syrdarya mouth, inclusive,...

... level drop in the sea increased enormously, the area of the dried seabedwidened, and the puffy solonchaks that lead to salt-dust storms formed. The hydrological role of rivers changed from feeding ... mainlypracticed, the land salinity varied from medium to strong, though in the recent25 years it had doubled.Until the mid-20th century, the wet and dry periods had alternated, and as aresult, due to ... thatDelta of the Syrdarya D 83desertification in river deltas and further on in the Ci rcum -Aral area in general.Large headworks regulated the flow of the Amudarya and Syrdarya Rivers,disturbing...

... lifewas seriously affected and were forced to leave their residences due to envir-onmental disturbances. Three categories of E. R. are distinguished: first, peo-ple who leave their residences ... the western shore of the Small Aral Sea (see)20 km to the south-west of the Tarangly Cape. The bay is shallow. The fisheryarea Shemyshkol (now closed) was found on the southern shore of the ... existence of modern forms of lifeon the Earth and the established dynamic equilibrium in the biosphere ingeneral. The report of the UN Environmental Program of 1992, referring to the Aral Sea crisis,...

... in the Aral basin in the first quarter of 1000 B.C.This period was preceded by the large-scale unification of local tribes in 7th–6thcenturies B.C. The most developed state in the Circum -Aral ... in 1995, the American producer, Christopher Hooke, made a14 minute documentary film, ‘‘Women of the Aral. ’’ The film was shot in the former fishery port of Aralsk, Kazakhstan, where fishermen ... crises.I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _7,Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 200995deposition, facilitated formation of thicker agricultural irrigation...

... which he worked in the Kara-Bogaz-Gol area, then studied the Southern Mangyshlak Plateau, the Karyn-Djaryk depression, and Ustyurt. Asa result, G. developed his theories about the utilization of ... Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _8,Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 200999Basin Problems. In 2000, he was elected, and in 2004, re-elected the VicePresident ... water-level fluctua-tions are recorded in the bay, with range reaching 3 m. They are generatedlargely by the southern, southwestern, and western winds.Fig. 33 Greater Amudaryashovel-nosed...

... the decree that Peter I handed to A. Bekovich-Cherkassky before the expedition, the sea into which the Amudarya flowed was called the ‘ Aral ’ for the first time, thou gh ‘ Aral ’ in the Turk languages ... Siberia,’’one of the drawings in which showed rather correctly A.S. with its tributaries, the Amudarya and the Syrdarya. The first scientific investigation of the nature of the Circum -Aral area was the expedition ... design-survey work on the Aral issue includedstudy of the changes that had occurred in the Aral and the Circum -Aral areaand their socio-economic consequences, as well as a forecast of further changesand...

... by the TurkestanBranch of the Russian Geographical Society in the series, ‘‘Scientific results ofI.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _10,Ó Springer-Verlag ... peoples living in the region. It was acknowledged as advisable to establish new organizationalI.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _11,Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin ... Circum -Aral problems was submission to the World Bank in 1992–1993 of the ‘ Aral Sea Basin Program.’’ In it, SAN IIRI(see) and other co-authors of this program included ideas that had been devel-oped...

... Karakalpaks, the official language of the Autonomous Republic of Karakalpak. It is in the Kipchak subgroup of the Turk languages (Tartar, Bashkirian, Karachaevo-Balkarsky, Kumyksky, Karaimsky, ... Crimean-Tartar, Kazakh, Karachagsky,and Nogaisky). Together with the Nogaisky, Kazakh, and Karachagskylanguages, it is referred to as the Kipchak-Nogai branch. Before 1928, writtenKarakalpak used ... djeily, KS-1, KS-2,KS-3, KS-4, and others were constructed to maintain and improve the condi-tion of irrigated lands. The length of the drainage system is 6 thou km, includingKarakalpak Oasis K...

... Union, the project was closed.Later on, the route of the Karakum canal (Karakum-river) went further to the south.I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _14,Ó ... rather sche-matically. More detailed was the other map – ‘‘Land map of the Khiva and Aral holdings, including a part of the Caspian Sea and the Aral Lake.’’ It showed the Uzboy channel with the ... the first time in the West-EuropeanMapping of the Aral Sea M 151cartography, the Aral (Blue) Sea was shown in the territory of Central Asia(‘‘Tataria’’). But it was rather small in size.The...

... m/s,I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _17,Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009165flow, which was proved by the dynamics of the Aral pollution. Cre ... established by the guidelinesof the Facilities Board.Projects on theAralSea funded by INTAS (INTAS-CNRS-DFG call for proposalsfor research on the Aral Sea basin, 2000):1. ‘‘Mathematical modelling ... enabled the identifica-tion of changes in the landscapes over the course of their utilization and the tracing of their evolution as affected by desertification.Problem of the Aral Sea – the generalized...

... and others) are also in R. K.In the mountains, the argali are found, and in the Tien-Shan is the snow leopard.In the Caspian Sea and in the Ural River, herring, sea roach, sturgeon, andstarred ... Sarysu. Insummer, many rivers d ry out. The Ily, Karatal, Aksu, and Lepsa R ivers bring theirwaters into Balkhash Lake. The rivers are regulated by 180 reservoirs, the largest o fwhich are ... in R. K. are in the basins of the Caspianand Aral Seas and Balkhash Lake. The Irtysh runs to the basin of the Arctic Ocean. The largest rivers are Irtysh, Ural, Syrdarya, Emba, Turgai, Nura,...

... 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 mostintensive increase of water salinity was witnessed in the eastern part of the Large Sea. The average annual S. of the sea increased ... According to the results of single sample analysis made in 1999, the water salinity in the Large Sea nearby Aktumsuk was 62–68%. The Small Sea, unlike the Large Sea, gradually became less saline; the...

... management by the Central Asian countries.I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _23,Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009237Watershed basin of the Aral Sea, ... hayconcentrate around these wells. After drying, an irrigation-disposal lake wasformed in the bay.I.S. Zonn et al., The Aral Sea Encyclopedia, DOI 10.1007/97 8-3 -5 4 0-8 508 8-5 _25,Ó Springer-Verlag Berlin ... waterconsumption, so they significantly cut irrigated areas.Western (Aral) Sea – the deep-water section that remains after the drying of the Large Aral Sea. It is located between the Ustyurt chink and the formerVozrozhdenia...