The level of water in the Aral Sea went down by 13 metres and its water surface decreased from 6.6 to 2.2 million hectares, starting from 1960. The carry-over of salts from the extinct sea area amounts to 65 million tons. The former Fishing Fleet of the Aral Sea.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Uzbekistan
- Event date: 01.09.1989
- Date published: 04.10.2009
- Author: Alexei Boitsov
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: DP89-712, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 4686x3354px, 5.5Mb