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Is the Sea Half-empty or Half-full?
Kazakh Dam Could Save Northern Aral Sea, But Kill Southern Portion |
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29 Oct 2003 |
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| Is the Sea Half-empty or Half-full? Kazakh Dam Could Save Northern Aral Sea, But Kill Southern Portion A seven-mile dam now under construction could mean total devastation for a large southern section of the already beleaguered Aral Sea, which straddles the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. Once the world's fourth largest inland sea, the Aral has lost half its depth and 90 percent of its volume o ... |
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| Topics: Aral Sea, dams, energy, Kazakhstan (all these topics) |
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