Aral sea Flashcards
Camels died as the grass they ate was too ___
Salty
There is a high child mortality rate of __ in every 1,000 newborns
75
___ species of fish that once thrived in the Aral sea including caviar rich sturgeon, pike, perch and silver carp
are now gone due to the high salinity and loss of water.
24
Water from its the sea’s two river sources—the Amu Darya and Syr Darya—was intentionally diverted for ONLY cotton cultivation.
True or false?
False- rice was to be grown too
the volume of sea has been reduced by ___
75%
After the recovery of Aral, the amount of housing in one fishing village nearby ___
Tripled- went from 9 to 34
Water was not ___
Potable
Due to a lack of food and freshwater only a few dozen of the ___ land animals survived in the region
180
During the 1950s, the Soviet Union cut off two ___ ____ to the sea
river sources
Fishermen are now generating a stable income from fishing ___ as they’re popular in
Carp
Kazakhstan
Toxic particles
- Made it so that the water was not ___
- Caused r____ diseases as well as ____ and ___
- Potable
- Respiratory
- Cancer
A 7.5 mile dyke was built across the channel connecting the North and South Aral sea. Why?
Reduce amount of spilling to the South sea.
The ___ mile dyke is known as the ___ ___
7.5 mile
Kokaral dam
They want to increase the sea size by ___% in ____ years by raising the dyke walls by ___ meters
50
5
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