What Large Central Asian Lake Shrunk During the Soviet Era

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Short Answer

What large Central Asian lake shrunk during the Soviet era because the rivers feeding it were diverted to irrigate cotton crops?

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Definitions:

Gametes

Reproductive cells (sperm and oocytes) that contain half the genetic material of an organism, which unite during fertilization to form a new organism.

Zygote

The new cell formed by the process of fertilization.

Fertilization

The process by which a sperm and an ovum—the male and female gametes, respectively—join to form a single new cell.

Gamete

A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.