Introduction
This term describes a situation in which an area requires more water than it has
Water stress
The Aral Sea lies in these two countries
Uzbekistand and Kazakhstan
To avoid the effects of a cold climate on cotton growing, cotton was planted in this area and water was diverted from rivers to irrigate the plants
Deserts
This is where fish are caught, processed, and sold
Fishery
The local people around the shrunken Aral Sea are plagued by dust storms from the sand at the bottom of the Sea called
Black Blizzards
This term describes a situation in which damage to the area around the Aral Sea affected farming, fishing, and quality of life in
Environmental degradation
Originally, the Aral Sea was filled with this type of water
Freshwater
These 2 rivers were dammed which reduced the supply of water to the Aral Sea
Amu and Syr rivers
Before the Aral Sea shrank, _______ pounds of fish were harvested each year
Over 80 million
The local people around the shrunken Aral Sea have turned to rivers and groundwater to meet their water needs. These resources are polluted by three elements
Salt, sewage, and toxic chemicals
Looking at the map on p. 379 in your textbook, this is the approximate percentage that the Aral Sea has shrunk
90%
This is the process by which water or land become salty or saltier
Salinization
The shrinking of the Aral Sea affected what geographical feature
Climate
Before the Aral Sea shrank, _______ people were employed by this industry
More than 30,000
These are 2 health problems locals face from the "black blizzards."
Throat cancer and lung diseases or tuberculosis
The shrinking Aral Sea cause a decrease in these two resources or industries
Fishing and farming
This is water that lies deep underground and supplies wells and springs
Groundwater
As the environment changed due to the shrinking Aral Sea, the cotton growing season decreased by this many days
30
Commercial fishing ended in this year
1982
Nearly all pregnant women in the Aral Sea region suffer from this health condition
Anemia
The shrinking of the Aral Sea cause an increase in this element of quality of life
Residents' poor health
Salinization occurs in these 2 ways
When water evaporates from a lake that has no outflow of water it remains and accumulates
When water evaporates from farmland and is not washed away it remains and accumulates
As the growing season shortened farmers changed from growing cotton to growing this crop that also needed a lot of water
Rice
The end of commercial fishing resulted in men having to _______ to look for jobs and send money back home to families
Migrate
The World Bank assisted Kazakhstan to build an $85 million dike and dam system to discharge water from the Syr River into the northern Aral sea which resulted in rasing the Aral Sea to _____ above sea level allowing native species fish to reappear
140 feet