Aral Sea 咸海
(重定向自Lake Aral)
The Aral Sea (Kazakh:Арал Теңізі Aral Teñizi; Mongolian:Арал тэнгис; Russian:Ара́льское море, tr.Aral'skoye Morye;IPA: [ɐˈralʲskəjə ˈmorʲɪ]; Tajik:Баҳри Арал Bahri Aral; older Persian:دریاچه خوارزم Daryâche Khârazm) was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan (Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions) in the north and Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan autonomous region) in the south. The name roughly translates as "Sea of Islands", referring to over 1,100 islands that once dotted its waters; in the Turkic languages aral means "island, archipelago". The Aral Sea drainage basin encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan.