ARAL SEA

✳️It is a saltwater body in Central Asia & an Endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan.

✳️The name translates as Sea of Islands (Archipelago in Turkic languages), referring to over 1,100 islands that once dotted its water.

✳️Basin Countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan.

✳️Primary Inflows: Syr Darya & groundwater (previously the Amu Darya)

✳️It is considered as an example of Ecosystem Collapse, It have been nearly destroyed, not least because of the much higher salinity.