Once the largest freshwater lake in the world, the Aral Sea has diminished to about one tenth of its original size due to diversion of the region's two major rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya to irrigate vast cotton fields in 1950s and 1960s.
Once the largest freshwater lake in the world, the Aral Sea has diminished to about one tenth of its original size due to diversion of the region's two major rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya to irrigate vast cotton fields in 1950s and 1960s.