Shrinking of the Aral Sea

By quintinmontanaro

  • Soviet Irragation Policies

    Exchanged water from its two sources in order to supply for cotton fields.

  • Info

    Aral Sea is declared 4th largest inland sea and commercial fishing supplies over 60,000 jobs.

  • Fishing

    Aral Sea fish harvest declined by 75%

  • The Spilt

    Water decreased enough to split the Aral Sea into two inland seas.

  • The Closing

    Commercial fishing industry of the Aral Sea was shut down.

  • The worst event

    Aral Sea is declared the world’s worst ecological disaster of the 20th Century by United Nations Environmental Programme.

  • Rebiulding Process

    Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan sign a treaty to pledge 1% of their budget to helping the Aral Sea recover

  • Everyones Onborad

    3 more organisations join the treaty.

  • The horrid Prediction

    Scientists predict the Aral Sea will disappear in 15 years. Aral Sea’s surface Area is 25% of its original size