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The content creator for RealLifeLore explains how the USSR transformed the Asia for agriculture, and destroying the world’s 4th largest lake in the process.

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Author outlines water diversion for crops, effects on ecosystem, resulting complications from further chemical and pesticide use, predicts future potential conflict due to lack of water resources.

    • RedFoxOPEnglish
      4•2 months ago

      Indeed.

      In 1960, the Aral Sea had been the world’s fourth-largest lake with an area of 68,000 km2 (26,000 sq mi) and a volume of 1,100 km3 (260 cu mi). By 1998, it had dropped to 28,687 km2 (11,076 sq mi) and eighth largest. - Wikipedia