<P> The Aral Sea ( / ˈærəl / ) was an endorheic lake ( one with no outflow ) lying between Kazakhstan ( Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions ) in the north and Uzbekistan ( Karakalpakstan autonomous region ) in the south . The name roughly translates as `` Sea of Islands '' , referring to over 1,100 islands that had dotted its waters ; in the Turkic languages aral means `` island , archipelago '' . The Aral Sea drainage basin encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan and Iran . </P>
<P> The Aral Sea ( / ˈærəl / ) was an endorheic lake ( one with no outflow ) lying between Kazakhstan ( Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions ) in the north and Uzbekistan ( Karakalpakstan autonomous region ) in the south . The name roughly translates as `` Sea of Islands '' , referring to over 1,100 islands that had dotted its waters ; in the Turkic languages aral means `` island , archipelago '' . The Aral Sea drainage basin encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Kyrgyzstan , Kazakhstan , Afghanistan and Iran . </P>
where is the aral sea located on a world map
where is the aral sea located on a world map
between Kazakhstan ( Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions ) in the north and Uzbekistan ( Karakalpakstan autonomous region ) in the south
between Kazakhstan ( Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions ) in the north and Uzbekistan ( Karakalpakstan autonomous region ) in the south