Aralsko more
(Preusmjereno sa stranice Aralsko jezero)
Aralsko more (ruski Aralskoe more) ili Aralsko jezero je unutrašnje more u Centralnoj Aziji. Nalazi se između Kazahstana na sjeveru i Karakalpakstana, autonomne regije Uzbekistana, na jugu. Od 1960-ih se područje Aralskog mora počelo naglo smanjivati zbog toga su što su sovjetske vlasti radi navodnjavanja preusmjerile tok rijeka Amu Darje i Sir Darje.
Aralsko more je poznato kao jedno od najzagađenijih područja na svijetu, jer su ga koristili za testiranje oružja i odlagalište industrijskog otpada.
Vanjske veze[uredi | uredi kod]
- Maps and Data of the Aral Sea Basin Arhivirano 2007-04-27 na Wayback Machine-u*
- Kazakhstan Government and World Bank Project for Saving Aral Sea, 14 December 2006*
- BBC article by David Shukman on a study that finds high levels of DNA damage that could explain the region's abnormally high cancer rate; Muynak, Uzbekistan, 29 June 2004
- New Scientist article, 21 July 2003
- BBC article on planned dam, 29 October 2003
- BBC article on approved loan from World Bank, 09 April 2007
- EcoWorld article "Arctic to Aral", 6 November 2005
- Satellite images of the Aral Sea on NASA's Visible Earth website
- Earth Observatory: Rebirth island joins the mainland Arhivirano 2008-09-29 na Wayback Machine-u
- www.american.edu: Aral Sea Loss and Cotton
- Earthshots: satellite images of environmental change Arhivirano 2009-05-06 na Wayback Machine-u
- Anthrax 'time bomb' ticking in Aral Sea, researchers say - CNN's report on bioweapons dump on Vozrozhdeniya Island
- Atlas of Our Changing Environment Arhivirano 2008-10-30 na Wayback Machine-u - United Nations Environment Programme.
