ARAL SEA GEOINFORMATION SYSTEM

presentation program

19961996

ARAL SEA GEOINFORMATION SYSTEM

presentation program

19961996 Includes chosen topics Includes chosen topics

from GISfrom GIS

Compiled by Compiled by Andrei Andrei PtichnikovPtichnikov, , Institute of Institute of Geography RAS Geography RAS and and Sveta KniazevaSveta Kniazeva, , All-All-Russian Forest Russian Forest Monitoring CenterMonitoring Center..

Aral sea GIS featuresAral sea GIS features 3 main themes3 main themes, including, including::

- Physical geography and topography;- Physical geography and topography; - Socio-economic development and resources use;- Socio-economic development and resources use; - Environmental problems and ways of their solution.- Environmental problems and ways of their solution. 49 thematic layers 49 thematic layers in English and Russianin English and Russian Republican, regional and local levels Republican, regional and local levels of presentationof presentation Detailed studies of AmuDarya and SyrDarya deltasDetailed studies of AmuDarya and SyrDarya deltas Remote Sensing layers Remote Sensing layers from Landsat TM and MSS, Resource MSU-from Landsat TM and MSS, Resource MSU-

SK, MSU-E satellite platforms for 1973-1996SK, MSU-E satellite platforms for 1973-1996 Compatibility with Compatibility with GRID/GEMS GRID/GEMS specificationsspecifications Compiled usingCompiled using PC ARC-INFO and IDRISI PC ARC-INFO and IDRISI software in UTM software in UTM

projectionprojection Scales from Scales from 1:4 000 000 to 1:25 000.1:4 000 000 to 1:25 000. Visualization of maps - using Visualization of maps - using ArcView 2 ArcView 2 softwaresoftware

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Isobates (m)Isobates (m)

19901990

20002000

Physical geography and topographyFall of the Aral Sea Fall of the Aral Sea level since 1960 to level since 1960 to

2000 yy2000 yy

ECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUES

Center of salt and dust transfer

Fall of salt and dust > 20 tons/sq.km

Fall of salt and dust > 200 tons/sq.km

Fall of salt and dust > 600 tons/sq.km

Fall of salt and dust > 80 tons/sq.km

LakesRiversAdministrative boundaries

Environment pollutionEnvironment pollution

Aral sea

Amount of salt-dust deposits fromAmount of salt-dust deposits from dry bottom of the Aral seadry bottom of the Aral sea

ECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUES ECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUES Rehabilitation measures

Desertic hemihalophyteDesertic hemihalophyteDesertified halophyte shrubsDesertified halophyte shrubsDesiccated tugay complexesDesiccated tugay complexesDesiccating and salinizing tugay complexDesiccating and salinizing tugay complexHalophyte shrubsHalophyte shrubs

Halophyte shrubs and reedsHalophyte shrubs and reedsTakyr without vegetationTakyr without vegetationXerohalophyte shrubsXerohalophyte shrubsSalinized tugay shrub complexesSalinized tugay shrub complexesSemidesertic hemihalophyteSemidesertic hemihalophyte

No dataNo data

LandrivLandriv

Forecasted ecosystems in the AmuDarya delta in 2000 - 2005 years

Medical anomalies, cases per 10000

Background (<0.5)Very low (0.5-06)Low (06-12) Moderate (12-18)High (18-24)Very high (24-30>)

Dynamics of maligant diseases in Karakalpakia ( % )

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5,8

7,1

7,2

7,1

7,4

8,7

9,5

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Kungrad

Turtkul

Nukus

Chimbay

KegeilyKarauziak

Bozatau

ChumanayBerouny

Ellikala

Aral sea

Kanlikuly

MuinakTachtakupyr

Kungradsky

BayganinskyChelkarsky Irgizsky

Aralsky

Kazalinsky

Tamdynsky

Suzaksky

Kzylkumsky

Peshkunsky

Aral sea

Socio-Economic developmentSocio-Economic developmentPublic health

Socio-economic development Socio-economic development Water Water

management and management and irrigation irrigation Irrigation and Irrigation and drainage channel drainage channel networknetwork

Data by Rainer Ressl, Germany

ECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUES ECOLOGICAL ISSUESECOLOGICAL ISSUES Zones of ecological disaster Zones with different criticalitiy

of ecological situation

Type of cituation: Catastrophic Disaster Critical Strained

Lakes Irrigated fields

In AmuDarya delta

Nukus

Muinak

Aral Sea

Usturtplateau