Abstract The Aral Sea has shrunk drastically over the past 50 years, largely due to water
abstraction from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers for land irrigation. Over a longer …

Limited data on the pollution status of spatially extensive water systems constrain health-risk
assessments at basin-scales. Using a recipient measurement approach in a terminal water …

As a result of the massive irrigation development during the Soviet Union era and intensive
chemization of agriculture, the surface runoff quality has been degraded in this arid and …

Physical Oceanography of the Dying Aral Sea describes the background, present crisis
state, and possible future of this peculiar inland water body from the physical oceanographic …

Central Asia is well known for its history of water mismanagement. The rapid, catastrophic
demise of the Aral Sea is testament to the unsustainable water diversion practices …

The estimation of water storage variations in lakes is essential for water resource
management activities in a region. In areas of ungauged or poorly gauged water bodies …

The remotely sensed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (AVHRR NDVI) and
precipitation data were analysed in the Aral Sea region in Central Asia during two recent …

Abstract The Aral Sea catastrophe profoundly worsened the socio-economic, environmental
and health conditions of the local communities in Central Asia. This research paper is based …

Hydrological model interpretation of the water flow development in the Aral Sea Drainage
Basin (ASDB) indicates that the water diversion and irrigation schemes in this region have …

Suitable groundwater levels have a significant influence on vegetation growth, regional
salinization, and ecological sustainability. Because of long-term low-efficiency irrigation …