Wednesday, 28 January 2009

Why is the Aral sea shrinking

The aral is shrinking because of farmers in the surronding area useing the water from th aral sea for the crops mostly cotton which needs lots of water to grow.The aral sea has decreas signifacly over th last few years where harbours used to be is now dsert and local fisher men are fining it harder to fish there.Also run off from fertileser runs into the aral sea and poulluting it
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  1. Anonymous28 January 2009 at 12:34

    Because water was drained to make cotton crops

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  2. Emily30 January 2009 at 12:52

    People in Russia were using irrigation to water their cotton crops and then put these dirty water back into the river/ the sea. The Aral Sea is shrinking because the water got contaminated.

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  3. Geography1 February 2009 at 20:51

    Because people from Russia were coming in and using it for cotton crops- Ashley Wickett.

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