SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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once a large inland body of water that is now several small, disconnected bodies of water
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Dead Sea
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Caspian Sea
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Aral Sea
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Indian Ocean
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviet government decided in the 1960s to divert those rivers so that they could irrigate the desert region surrounding the Sea in order to favor agriculture rather than supply the Aral Sea basin.
Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s fourth largest lake in 1960, the Aral Sea has already shrunk to half its former size-a result of unsustainable cotton cultivation that began less than 40 years ago. But though the sea itself can no longer be saved, its toxic salt plains have paradoxically given rise to a new spirit in the region.
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