South Aral Sea Syr Darya, would be diverted in order to irrigate cotton and food crops in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. In 1986, due to an accelerated loss of water, the Aral Sea was split into northern and southern parts; the northern part is the current North Aral Sea. In 2007, the western basin had a salinity of 70 g/l and the eastern basin 100 g/l. Once the water level falls below the connecting channel (elevation 29 m), the salinities can be expected to diverge further. Under current conditions, the eastern basin may receive water from the Amu Darya in wet years, fluctuating in
Centigrade 232 full recitation of the "Centigrade 232" collection. Other releases comprised recitations of the unpublished "Earth Ritual" poems collection and two music tapes, "Blueprints from the Cellar" Volumes 1 and 2, which contained home demos of songs, some of which would be released in completed form on the albums "Freq" and "Test Tube Conceived". Calvert's "Centigrade 232" tape recitation was first used with music on the second Spirits Burning album "Reflections in a Radio Shower", released in 2001. Don Falcone took the original recording of Calvert reading his poem "Centigrade 232" and integrated it into the track "Drive-By Poetry". Lines from