By GreaterGo Editor / 14 Apr 2025
The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest lake in the world, encompassing Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Unfortunately, as the Soviet Union government pushed through the river diversion projects in the 1960s, the Aral Sea suffered from a shortage of water, which was mostly irrigated to the deserts nearby. The lake has continued to shrink and is now divided into the northern and southern regions.