The Aral Sea Encyclopedia - A docx

[...]... of the Amudarya bastard sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni), caracal (Felis caracal), hyena (Hyaena hyaena), Aral salmon (Salmo trutta aralensis), pike-like asp (Aspiolucius esocinus) were placed Fig 9 The Aral Sea stamps (http://www.stamp.elcat.kg/ images/big/11 5-1 19.jpg) Aral problem and landscapes in the Amudarya delta (Structural-dynamic state of landscapes in the Southern Circum -Aral Area... eastern region of Northern Africa in this regard It is usually divided into two large parts – the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea (see) Natural scientist A Humboldt, taking into account the common physico-geographical features of the Aral and Caspian seas, linked together both sea- lakes and gave them one common name, the ‘ Aral- Caspian basin.’’ Apart from its drainless nature, the other important feature... a great extent and the delta became a sandy desert Akdarya – one of the Amudarya branches In the early 1980s, waters from the Amudarya flowed via it into A. S near the Uoredobay settlement Akhmeta Island* – located to the north of the A. S (Small) in the northeastern part of the Greater Sarychaganak Bay (see) directly before Aralsk City (see) It covers the Aralsk Bay (see) to the southeast Akkala, Cape*... 7 Aral barbell (Barbus brachycephalus) Aral bastard sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)* – the only representative of the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) in the Aral Sea Apart from the Aral it is found also in the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas as well as in the Balkhash Lake where it resettled from the Aral in 1933 Young bastard sturgeons that were hatched in the Balkhash basin are already found in the. .. landscapes in the Amudarya delta the dried Aral seabed, was issued by the USSR Postal Service in 1991 It had a nominal value 20 kopecks The top of the stamp read: ‘ Aral – zone of environmental disaster.’’ In 1996, the countries of Central Asia, such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, issued a block of five stamps, ‘‘Save the Aral Sea. ’’ On these stamps, against a map of the drying Aral Sea, depictions... now causing its demise Inflow of river waters over several thousand years into a desert erosional (Aral) depression, then their subsequent 27 28 A Aral Sea Fig 10 The Aral Sea desiccation in 1960–2004 (http://unimaps.com /aral- sea/ aralmap.gif) metamorphosis in the course of a water-salt exchange with the atmosphere and groundwater led to a unique formation of the lake -sea water body The sea has rather... Kazakh – ‘ Aral Tenizi’’ meaning ‘‘Island sea ’) – an inland, drainless saline lake (called a sea) located in the sandy deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan at an elevation of several dozens meters above the sea level Its specific geographic location, including complete isolation from the world’s oceans, makes the Aral quite a unique natural feature The Aral combines the properties of a sea and a. .. analyzes the causes and consequences of the environmental disaster of the circum -Aral region The author was awarded the UNESCO Medal for this book Aral navy fleet – creation of the Russian fleet (1) The Aral Navy was created on the initiative of A Butakov (see) The Russian fleet sailed over the Aral Sea and in the Syrdarya and Amudarya rivers from 1852–53 to 1883; the fleet was based in the port Raim... used for irrigated farming, but as the Amudarya waters have stopped flowing it has dried out for the most part Akchadarya Lowland – located to the east and northeast of the Sultanuizdag mountain ridge In ancient times only one of the Amudarya arms, the Akchadarya, flowed into this area It ran around Sultanuizdag on the southeast, gradually forming a vast delta Later on the Akchadarya delta deposits were... Analogs of the Aral Sea problems – on the globe level, there are some lakes that face problems similar to those of the Aral Sea, in particular drying out due to excessive withdrawal of flow of the rivers feeding them Among such analogs are lakes Mono, Pyramid, and Salton in the USA, Lobnor Lake in China, Lake Victoria in Africa, Murray-Darling River basins in Australia (analog of the Amudarya-Syrdarya river . environmental crises of the 20th century. Before 1960, this was a water-abundant sea- lake that was fourth among world lakes after the Caspian Sea (USSR, Iran), the Great Lakes (USA, Canada) and Victoria. But the same Fig. 1 The map of Asia (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html) 2 Introduction Fig. 2 The map of the Aral Sea Basin (http://unimaps.com /aral- sea /aral- pic.gif) Fig. 3 The remnants. Lake (Africa). This was a real ‘‘pearl’’ among the sands of the largest deserts, the Karakums and the Kyzylkums. Navigation between the sea ports Muinak and Aralsk and fisheries famous for the