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Aral Sea

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɑːɹəl siː

Definitions

A saline lake, straddling the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border, that was once large, but shrank to a quarter of its original size after the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which previously flowed into it, were diverted for irrigation purposes during the Soviet era.

Equivalents

Españolmar de Aral
Françaismer d'Aral
DeutschAralsee
14 more languages
العربيةبَحْر آرَال
ΕλληνικάΑράλη
ՀայերենԱրալյան ծով
日本語アラル海
Қазақ тіліАрал теңізі
한국어아랄 해
NederlandsAralmeer
PortuguêsMar de Aral
УкраїнськаАральське море

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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