Zaisan, Alaköl, Tengiz (Teñiz), and Sıletıteñiz (Seletytengiz). Kazakhstan also wraps around the entire northern half of the shrinking Aral Sea, which underwent terrible decline during the second half of the 20th century: as freshwater inflow was diverted for agriculture, the salinity of the sea increased sharply, and the receding shores…
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