Lake

South Aral Sea

In 2014 the eastern lobe of the South Aral Sea disappeared completely. Losing so much water made local winters colder and summers hotter and drier.

Source: science.nasa.gov

Where it is

On the Atlas Quest map, the South Aral Sea label sits at 45.3° N, 58.7° E, in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.

Coordinates, names: Natural Earth, public domain.

Nearby places

The closest other places with pages here, measured between map label points:

• North Aral Sea — about 210 km north-east
• Tian Shan — about 1,600 km east
• Europe — about 1,800 km north-west
• Strait of Hormuz — about 2,100 km south

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