A Construção que Inundou o Deserto quase do Tamanho de Santa Catarina

Now imagine an entire sea having its flow cut off by artificial canals. Excavated canals, giant pumps, and sluice gates redirecting entire rivers to irrigate crops hundreds of kilometers away. Little by little... the water simply stopped arriving. That's how the Aral Sea—once the fourth largest lake on the planet—collapsed. An environmental disaster so great that it became a global reference for how infrastructure can profoundly alter an entire ecosystem. But in the north of this ancient sea, something unexpected happened. Instead of trying to recover everything, the project decided to stabilize only that part. In 2005, the Kokaral dike was completed, a barrier of about 13 kilometers that separates the North Aral—known as the Small Aral—from the South Aral. #construction #engineering #infrastructure