Large saline lakes of Central Asia
In: Journal of Arid Land Studies. The Japanese Association for Arid Land Studies: Tokyo. ISSN 0917-6985; e-ISSN 2189-1761, more
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- Plotnikov, I.
- Smurov, A.
- Aladin, N.
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| Abstract |
In Central Asia, there are many saline lakes, both small and large. They range in salinity from <3 g/L to >l00 g/L. The paper provides a summary review of their major physico-chemical and biological features of Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, lakes Balkhash, Issyk-Kul, Alakol and Tengiz. Several are threatened by human activities in their drainage basins, particularly diversion of inflowing waters. |
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