Current Situation
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the government of independent Kazakhstan decided to restore the northern lake fed by Syr Darya. In 2003, the lake was 30 m (98 ft) in depth and 2,550 km2 (985 sq mi) in area (JAXA source: 3,200 km2 (1,240 sq mi)); by 2008 it had reached 42 m (138 ft) in depth and 3,300 km2 (1,270 sq mi) in area (JAXA source: 3,600 km2 (1,390 sq mi)).
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