Western Aral Sea
| Western Aral Sea | ||
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| The Western Aral Sea (left) | ||
| Geographical location | Kazakhstan , Uzbekistan | |
| Tributaries | Groundwater | |
| Drain | none, because pelvic position | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 45 ° 12 ' N , 58 ° 46' E | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 29 m (2007) | |
| surface | 3 500 km² (2005) | |
| Maximum depth | 37-40 m (2005) | |
| Middle deep | 14–15 m (2005) | |
The Western Aral Sea ( Kazakh. Батыс Арал теңізі, Uzbek. Gʻarb Orol dengizi , Russian Западное Аральское море) is the western part of the former Aral Sea . It lies within the Aralo-Caspian Depression in a basin , the Turan lowlands , between the Ustyurt plateau and the Aralkum desert . The lake belongs partly to Kazakhstan and partly to Uzbekistan .
On its east bank is the former island of rebirth , in the former town of Kantubek the Soviet Biopreparat authority maintained a research laboratory for biological weapons , including anthrax pathogens, until 1991 .
Web links
- Does the Aral Sea have a future (accessed October 8, 2015)
- The Aral Sea a real ecological disaster (accessed October 8, 2015)
- Silting up of the Aral Sea (accessed October 8, 2015)