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Treaty
Union treaty formally creates the Soviet Union -
Irrigation Built
Large scale building of Aral Sea irrigation canals -
Inland Sea
Aral Sea is identified as the World’s fourth largest inland lake (68,000 km) -
Fishing
Commercial fishing in Aral Sea supplies 60,000 jobs -
Fish Dead
Aral Sea fish harvest declined by 75% -
Water Decreases
Water level decreased enough to split the Aral Sea into two bodies of water -
Fishing Banned
Fishing was baned in Aral Sea because of the population decrease in fish causing many jobs to be lost -
Disaster
Aral Sea is declared the world’s worst ecological disaster of the 20th Century -
Kokaral Dam
Construction of dike Kokaral Kazakh government announced a plan to build a concrete dam separating the two halves of the Aral Sea -
No Sea
Scientists predict the Aral Sea will disappear in 15 years -
2015
Experts predict the Aral Sea will disappear, earlier than originally thought, by the year 2015
