Lake Aral

Variant of Aral Sea

Aral Sea definition

Aral Sea (ar′əl)

inland body of salt water in SW Asia, east of the Caspian Sea: slowly decreasing in area, partly from overuse for irrigation: c. 15,500 sq mi (40,145 sq km)
formerly also called Lake Aral

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