Chapter 05 of 5
A Divided Horizon
The Kokaral Dam and the permanent map of the future.
- The Schism
A Sea Split in Two
By the late 1980s, the shrinking Aral Sea split into two distinct bodies: the Small Aral in the north and the Large Aral in the south.
- Political Divide
Bordered Waters
The division roughly followed national lines, with the North Aral sitting in Kazakhstan and the South Aral largely in Uzbekistan.
- Turning Point
The Kokaral Dam
In 2005, the World Bank and Kazakhstan completed an 8-mile concrete dike to save the northern portion of the sea.
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What was the primary purpose of the Kokaral Dam completed in 2005?
🏜️ Why is the Aral Sea Dying?
- 01A Sea in the SteppeThe geography of the endorheic basin before the intervention.
- 02The Cotton DiversionHow rerouting two rivers redrew the map of Central Asia.
- 03The Aralkum DesertThe birth of a new desert from a former seabed.
- 04Climate of the VoidHow a disappearing lake broke the local weather.
- 05A Divided HorizonThe Kokaral Dam and the permanent map of the future.