The Aral Sea Crisis – some key points

   

   increase of salt content (increased salinity)

   increase in salinity

   shortening of the vegetation period

   total collapse of the fishing industry

   decrease of productivity of agricultural fields

   increase of serious diseases

   drop in discharge

   loss of area

   desiccation of soil

   extinction (dying out) of species

   contamination of drinking water

   collapse of the fishing industry

   drying up of coastal forests

   use of large amounts of water

   cotton growing no longer possible // cotton growing close to impossible

   drainage of toxic chemicals into...

   washing up of soil

   expansion of agriculture

   disappearance of