Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recen

Which of the following has/have shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past due to human activities ?

1. Aral Sea
2. Black Sea
3. Lake Baikal

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UPSC IAS – 2018

The correct option is A because only the Aral Sea has shrunk immensely/dried up in the recent past primarily due to human activities.

The Aral Sea is a well-documented case of an ecological disaster caused by the large-scale diversion of its feeder rivers for irrigation projects, leading to its dramatic shrinkage and salinization.

The Aral Sea, located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, began shrinking in the 1960s due to the diversion of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers. The Black Sea faces environmental issues like pollution but has not shrunk or dried up. Lake Baikal in Russia, the world’s largest freshwater lake by volume, faces pollution threats but has not shrunk; it remains immense. Therefore, only the Aral Sea fits the description of significant human-induced shrinkage.

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