Why is the Aral Sea shrinking?

As we all know, although the Aral Sea is called "sea", it is actually surrounded by land, far from the ocean. In fact, the Aral Sea is just a saltwater lake, which is salty, even more salty than the ocean. At present, the Aral Sea is still a tourist attraction, but in recent years, the area of the Aral Sea has been shrinking. So, what is the reason for the shrinking area of the Aral Sea? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao!

Reasons for the shrinking area of Aral Sea

The Aral Sea is also called Aral Sea. Although it is called "sea", it is actually a saltwater lake located at the junction of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. At first, the Aral Sea was the fourth largest lake in the world, but its area has been shrinking for many years.

The Aral Sea is mainly supplemented by the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, but now the Amu Darya basically no longer flows into the Aral Sea. As the water level continues to drop, the Aral Sea is divided into two waters: the South Aral Sea and the North Aral Sea.

By 20 14, most of the South Aral Sea dried up and disappeared, but the area of the North Aral Sea basically recovered. So, why has the Aral Sea been shrinking all these years? In fact, there are two main reasons for the shrinking area of the Aral Sea: one is natural and the other is man-made.

Climate warming leads to strong evaporation, so the area of Aral Sea is shrinking. At the same time, the decrease in the amount of river water injected into the Aral Sea has also led to the shrinking of the Aral Sea. When it comes to man-made reasons, it is mainly because the increase of population leads to the expansion of agricultural production scale.

As a result, people bring river water to irrigate agriculture, which leads to a decrease in the amount of water injected into the Aral Sea. In addition, the destruction of surface vegetation by human activities leads to a decrease in the amount of water flowing into the Aral Sea after soil erosion.

In fact, natural causes are also related to human beings. The increase of population leads to the increase of human activities, global warming and violent evaporation, and the decrease of river water injected into Aral Sea.