Termez, Uzbekistan — The Amu Darya, one of two main rivers that for millennia fed the now rapidly shrinking Aral Sea, no longer does. Reporting by VOA along the length of the river in Uzbekistan ...

The drying of one of the world’s largest lakes is among the greatest human-made disasters to ever impact the Earth’s surface.

At 100 metres wide and 285 kilometres (177 miles) long, it will draw water from the Amu Darya in Kaldar district of Balkh province at a point just west of Uzbekistan’s border with Tajikistan.

But much further downstream, where the Amu Darya winds down into its delta, the river turns into a smaller version of itself. Kosimov says it's the folks here that'll have to worry.

Decades ago, Soviet officials diverted water from the Amu Darya River, a vital lifeline for the Aral Sea, to grow cotton in the desert. This decision had consequences you could see from space ...

At 100 metres wide and 285 kilometres (177 miles) long, it will draw water from the Amu Darya in Kaldar district of Balkh province at a point just west of Uzbekistan’s border with Tajikistan.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been called the Nile of Central Asia. The Amu Darya River flows for thousands of miles through four countries and eventually spills into the shrinking Aral Sea.

It's been called the Nile of Central Asia. The Amu Darya River flows for thousands of miles through four countries and eventually spills into the shrinking Aral Sea. Now a canal being built by the ...