1. Aral Sea in Central Asia
... had exposed and dried 54,000 square kilometers of seabed. Since the dam was completed in 2005, two years later the rise in water went up by 2 meters. (Micklin and Aladin, 2008) Many fish have returned and the amount of metric tons of fish has gone up from 695 in 2005 to 2,000 in the year 2007. Ultimately, they concluded that ... dam built in 2005 helped in several ways to help fix the problems of the Aral Sea. Returning the entire Aral Sea to its 1960s state is unrealistic. (Micklin and Aladin, 2008) Modernizing the entire restoration system would cost at least $16 billion. If irrigatio...
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