Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert The Desiccated Floor of the Aral Sea (Central Asia) /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Breckle, Siegmar-W (Editor), Wucherer, Walter (Editor), Dimeyeva, Liliya A. (Editor), Ogar, Nathalia P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 218
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Hydrogeology.; Geobiology.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Ecology.; Nature conservation.; Life Sciences.; Terrestial Ecology.; Plant Ecology.; Nature Conservation.; Biogeosciences.

Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation and the formation of a huge new desert, the Aralkum, which can be regarded as one of the greatest ecological catastrophes and - at the same time - the l...