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Aral Sea Partial Refill with Imported Caspian Sea Water

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In 1960, the Aral Sea’s volume was slightly more than 1,000 km3 with a salinity of ~10 g/L. Its level stood at ~53 m above the world-ocean’s mean sea-level—almost what it was ca. 200 ad—but, by 2007, its level had dropped to ~30 m above the world’s prevailing ocean level (Glantz 2007; Micklin 2007) (Fig. 1.)

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The authors thank Prof. R.D. Schuiling (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) and Dr. A.A. Bolonkin (C & R, New York City, USA) for useful comments and discussions.

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Cathcart, R.B., Badescu, V. (2010). Aral Sea Partial Refill with Imported Caspian Sea Water. In: Badescu, V., Cathcart, R. (eds) Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14779-1_16

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