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A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.

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Aral Sea

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Source Word

Aral Sea

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɑːɹəl siː/

A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.

Japanese Meaning

カザフスタンとウズベキスタンの国境にまたがる塩湖で、かつては広大でしたが、ソ連時代に灌漑目的で流入していたアムダリア川とシルダリア川が他の用途に転用されたため、元の大きさの約4分の1に縮小した湖。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

アラル海（カザフスタンとウズベキスタンの国境にまたがる塩湖で、かつては広大だったが、ソ連時代に灌漑のためアムダリヤ川とシルダリヤ川が転用された結果、元の面積の4分の1にまで縮小した）の周辺に住む多くの地域社会は、湖が後退して塩性の荒地や廃港を残したため、経済的に破綻状態に陥っている。

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A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.

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