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A. N. Varushchenko, S. A. Lukyanova, G. D. Solovieva, A.N. Kosarev and A. V. Kurayev, “Evolution of the Gulf of Kara-Bogaz-Gol in the past century” , in Kamlesh P. Lulla, Lev V. Dessinov, Cynthia A. Evans, Patricia W. Dickerson and Julie A. Robinson, Dynamic Earth Environments: Remote Sensing Observations from Shuttle-Mir Missions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000 (figure adapted from Dzens-Litovskiy, 1959).
Uploaded on Wednesday 22 Feb 2012
Kara-Bogaz-Gol - water level variation over time
Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Comparing a series of satellite images from different periods a Californian hydrologist discovered in 1983 that a huge white spot had taken the place of the vast Kara-Bogaz- Gol (literally “dark gullet” in Turkmen) in the south-east corner of the Caspian. Kara-Bogaz-Gol is a lowland area that forms a highly saline bay on the east side of the Caspian Sea, in Turkmenistan.