Aralsko more

Satelitska snimka Aralskog mora

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

Aralsko more na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• Maps and Data of the Aral Sea Basin*
• 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
• www.american.edu: Aral Sea Loss and Cotton
• Earthshots: satellite images of environmental change
• Anthrax 'time bomb' ticking in Aral Sea, researchers say - CNN's report on bioweapons dump on Vozrozhdeniya Island
• Atlas of Our Changing Environment - United Nations Environment Programme.