Fig. 9. The Aral Sea regression crisis. A in Tuerkayana rotundum

Fig. 9. The Aral Sea regression crisis. A, The desert left by the vanished sea is slowly being populated by drought and salt resistant plants. B, The first, primitive dam over the Berg Strait. C, Local fishermen look from the north at the final Kokaral Dam over the Berg Strait. D–E, ESA Spot satellite images of the Small Aral Sea soon after the dam construction and showing the increase in area already during the first year. F, Commercial fishing from small boats in the reconstituted Small Aral Sea.