What could be the largest body of water in Uzbekistan?
The Aral Sea should be the largest body of water in Uzbekistan, shared with Kazakhstan, but since the 1960s it has shrunk to 10-20% of its original volume, entirely due to human intervention by draining off water from the Amu Darya (the Oxus river in classical times) to irrigate cotton fields in Uzbekistan. A good [more...]