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Thursday, 2 October 2014

How the Soviet Union destroyed the fourth biggest lake in the world

How the Soviet Union destroyed the fourth biggest lake in the world


NASA has published these two images of the Aral Sea, which used to be the fourth biggest lake in the world before the Soviet Union plugged into the rivers that fed it to irrigate massive agricultural areas. The photo on the right was taken in 2000. On the left you can see its current state.


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