Lake Aibugir

Lake Aibugir is a lake in northern Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan as part of the Amu Darya Plain. It is 77 km from the nearest district, Köneürgenç.

Lake Aibugir
Lake Aibugir
Location	Turkmenistan
Coordinates	42°38′N 58°22′E
Type	lake

The lake was previously not an independent body of water as it was connected to the Aral Sea and referred to as the Aibugir Bay,^[1] however due to desertification in the 20th century, the two bodies of water no longer connect.^[2] The lake now consists of the western-most portion of the Aibugir Bay, of which the Turkmenistan border is established around.

References

1. Sala, Renato (2019). "Quantitative Evaluation of the Impact on Aral Sea Levels by Anthropogenic Water Withdrawal and Syr Darya Course Diversion During the Medieval Period (1.0–0.8 ka BP)". Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road. pp. 95–121. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-00728-7_5. ISBN 978-3-030-00727-0.
2. ARAL: the history of dying sea