The Aral Sea is drastically smaller due to which practice?(1 point)

Responses

deforestation
deforestation

slash and burn agriculture
slash and burn agriculture

soil erosion
soil erosion

water diversion

1 answer

The Aral Sea is drastically smaller due to water diversion. This practice involved redirecting rivers that fed into the sea for agricultural irrigation, which significantly reduced the inflow of water and caused the sea to shrink dramatically over the decades.