Geography of Uzbekistan in Uzbekistan is best exemplified by the catastrophe of the Aral Sea. Because of diversion of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya for cotton cultivation and other purposes, what once was the world's fourth largest inland sea has shrunk in the past thirty years to only about one-third of its 1960 volume and less than half its 1960 geographical size. The desiccation and salinization of the lake have caused extensive storms of salt and dust from the sea's dried bottom, wreaking havoc on the region's agriculture and ecosystems and on the population's health. Desertification has led to the large-scale loss
Between the Rivers Historic District Street over the Etowah River and a 1930 iron truss bridge which brings Second Avenue over the Ooostanaula River. A boundary increase in 1989 added one contributing building, the Union Bus Terminal, and provided additional information, including that the Second Avenue bridge had been demolished, around 1983, and replaced. Between the Rivers Historic District The Between the Rivers Historic District in Rome, Georgia, USA, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 292 contributing buildings and three contributing structures. It is a hilly area, with three sides defined by