or formerly Lake Aral geographical name brackish lake between Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan present area roughly half its pre-1960 peak of 25,500 square miles (66,000 square kilometers )
ARAL SEA
Meaning of ARAL SEA in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012