However, after the Biden administration tapped into shell stockpiles to send to Ukraine, this source has dried up, too.
—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Sep. 2025
The Amu Darya was a primary source of water for the Aral Sea, which has largely dried up due to the diversion of its two main rivers (the Amu Darya and Syr Darya) to irrigate Soviet-era cotton fields.
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