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What occurred in the late 1960s to make the Aral Sea dry up?
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What occurred in the late 1960s to make the Aral Sea dry up?

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Answer: Beginning about 1960, the Aral Sea's water level was systematically and drastically reduced, because of the diversion of water from the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers for purposes of agricultural irrigation. ... The Aral Sea began to quickly shrink because of the evaporation of its now unreplenished waters.

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