{"id":3908,"date":"2014-08-21T15:49:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T10:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2014-08-22T15:49:54","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:49:54","slug":"7-lakes-and-rivers-that-are-drying-up-aral-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=3908","title":{"rendered":"7 lakes and rivers that are drying up &#8211; Aral Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Aral Sea<\/h5>\n<p><em>The Aral Sea is the poster child for large, dried-up bodies of water. If you travel to the Aral Sea, which sits on the border between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, you&#8217;ll find a disconnected collection of small ponds of sea water sitting in a dusty bowl that held what used to be one large body of water.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gall_aral.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3909 size-full colorbox-3908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gall_aral.jpg\" alt=\"gall_aral\" width=\"500\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gall_aral.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/gall_aral-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The Aral Sea, which is technically a lake, has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s when the Soviet Union began to divert rivers that feed the Aral Sea for agricultural irrigation. With the receding waters went a large fishing industry, leaving high rates of unemployment and fishing boats left to dry on the former shoreline.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In recent years, there have been efforts to divert more water back into the sea, but it&#8217;s unlikely that it will ever regain its former size and glory. The Aral Sea is easily one of the biggest human-caused environmental bungles in history.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Dear User\/Visitor! 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