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case Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal) A. N. Varushchenko,
S. A. Lukyanova, G. D. Solovieva, A.N. Kosarev and A. V.
Kurayev, “Evolution of the Gulf of Kara-Bogaz-Gol in the past
century” , in Kamlesh P. Lulla, Lev V. Dessinov, Cynthia A.
Evans, Patricia W. Dickerson and Julie A. Robinson, Dynamic
Earth Environments: Remote Sensing Observations from Shuttle-Mir
Missions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000 (figure adapted from
Dzens-Litovskiy, 1959). Uploaded on Wednesday 22 Feb 2012 Kara-
Bogaz-Gol - water level variation over time Philippe Rekacewicz,
UNEP/GRID-Arendal Comparing a series of satellite images from
different periods a Californian hydrologist discovered in 1983
that a huge white spot had taken the place of the vast Kara-
Bogaz- Gol (literally “dark gull