Question

Which agricultural activity is blamed for much of the rapid drying of the Aral Sea? strip mining cotton farming rice production herding livestock

Answer 1

b cotton farming

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Cotton farming

Well, in reality it was due to the diverting of the water by the Soviets for irrigation canals. Now, while this was in part for the production of rice, it was mainly for cotton to become a main export. Therefore cotton farming is the answer.