Geography of Uzbekistan has been working to help improve the health conditions in Uzbekistan since the 1990s. This has led to improvements in drinking water. The World Bank and United Nations have also been involved in preparing possible solutions for the environmental problems in Uzbekistan. The World Bank worked with the countries in the Aral Sea Basin to form the Aral Sea Basin Assistance Program (ASBP) in the early 1990s. The main roles of the ASBP were the rehabilitation of the Aral Sea area that was destroyed through evaporation, the planning and management of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, and the
Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border Kazakhstan–Uzbekistan border The Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan border is 2,330 km (1,448 mi) long and runs from the tripoint with Turkmenistan to the tripoint with Kyrgyzstan. It is Uzbekistan’s longest external boundary. The Uzbek capital Tashkent is situated just 13 km (8 mi) from this border. The border begins in the west at the tripoint with Turkmenistan; it then follows the 56th meridian east for about 410 km (255 mi) up to the 45th parallel north, where a straight line of 213 km (133 mi) then goes north-east, followed by another straight line section of 128 km (80 mi) going south-east. This latter