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 STS045-151-145 (thumbnail)
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   Photo ID:

   STS045-151-145   


   Program:

   Shuttle   


   Mission:

   STS-045


   Date Taken:

   1992-04-02


   Film Type:

   4x5

Title:
Aral Sea, Kazakhstan,CIS
Description:
Situated in the middle of an immense desert, much like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, the Aral Sea (45.0N, 59.0E) is landlocked in the center of a broad basin. Rivers flow in but not out; water escapes only by evaporation. In recent years, river water has been diverted for agricultural irrigation and the lake level has fallen 40 to 50 ft., its surface has shrunk by almost 40 % and the salinity has almost tripled. Twenty species of fish are now extinct.
Subject Terms:
AGRICULTURE DESERTS EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) IRRIGATION LAKES RIVERS STS-45
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