aral sea

Aral Sea

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ar-uh l; Russian uh-rahl]
- /ˈær əl; Russian ʌˈrɑl/
- /ˈɑːəl siː/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ar-uh l; Russian uh-rahl]
- /ˈær əl; Russian ʌˈrɑl/

Definitions of aral sea words

noun aral sea a lake in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, east of the Caspian Sea, formerly the fourth largest lake in the world: shallow and saline, now badly polluted; use of its source waters for irrigation led to a loss of over 50% of its area between 1967 and 1997, after which the reduction began to be slowed. Area originally (to 1960) about 68 000 sq km (26 400 sq miles); water area reduced by 2004 to about 17 158 sq km (6625 sq miles) and the lake divided into sections 3
noun aral sea inland body of salt water in SW Asia, east of the Caspian Sea: slowly decreasing in area, partly from overuse for irrigation: c. 15,500 sq mi (40,145 sq km) 3
noun aral sea an inland sea between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, E of the Caspian Sea. 26,166 sq. mi. (67,770 sq. km). 1

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aral sea popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.