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Grades 9-12

The Shrinking Aral Sea: An Ecological Disaster

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SUBJECTS: Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Agriculture, Public Health, Water Use

Resource Overview

Water resources case study reading: A profile of Asia’s Aral Sea, the reasons it is disappearing and how that is affecting the surrounding populations.

A fishing boat in Aralsk, Kazakhstan remains on shore after no longer being proximate to the evaporating Aral Sea.

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This reading must be purchased as part of a lesson packet or as part of a full curriculum that is available in our store.

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