The Sea That Became a Desert
In 1960, the Aral Sea straddled the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as the fourth-largest lake on earth. Fishing boats crowded its ports. Children swam...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28.
In 1960, the Aral Sea straddled the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan as the fourth-largest lake on earth. Fishing boats crowded its ports. Children swam its shoreline. Entire communities built their lives around its abundance. Then Soviet planners diverted the rivers that fed it, channeling the water into vast cotton fields. Scientists warned them. Local fishermen pleaded. Everyone could see what was coming.…
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