Environment · Open data

Aral Sea

Follow changes in sea surface area and satellite water levels.

Historical data have their own observation dates and do not describe the sea today.

Landsat · Historical series

Sea surface area

6,990km²

Selected year 2018

20052018

Reference area in 1960: 68,000 km²

Data period: 2005–2018

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Sea surface area · km²
Data period	km²
2005	18,630
2006	16,460
2007	14,760
2008	11,520
2009	10,030
2010	11,690
2011	9,260
2012	9,220
2013	8,600
2014	7,660
2015	9,210
2016	7,220
2017	8,350
2018	6,990

Landsat · Satellite observations

DAHITI · DGFI-TUM

Water level

Monitoring territory

23.18 mLatest observation · 2026-08-06

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Greater Aral (west) · m
Data period	m
2002-07-30	32.01
2002-08-19	31.87
2002-09-03	31.78
2002-09-23	31.68
2002-10-08	31.59
2002-10-28	31.34
2002-11-12	31.63
2002-12-02	31.45
2002-12-17	31.53
2003-02-25	32.58
2003-06-10	31.83
2003-08-04	32.15
2003-08-19	31.75
2003-09-23	31.57
2003-10-13	31.61
2003-10-28	31.38
2003-11-17	31.59
2003-12-02	31.46
2003-12-22	31.52
2004-01-06	31.53
2004-01-26	31.69
2004-02-10	31.66
2004-03-16	31.66
2004-04-05	31.56
2004-04-20	31.69
2004-05-10	31.5
2004-05-25	31.67
2004-06-14	31.45
2004-06-29	31.6
2004-08-23	31.46
2004-09-27	30.72
2004-11-01	30.92
2004-11-16	31.03
2004-12-06	31.04
2005-01-10	31.25
2005-01-25	31.83
2005-03-01	32.09
2005-03-21	31.09
2005-04-05	31.06
2005-04-25	31.16
2005-05-30	31.22
2005-06-14	31.23
2005-07-04	31.17
2005-08-23	31.25
2005-09-27	31.06
2005-10-17	31.12
2005-11-01	31
2005-11-21	31.1
2005-12-06	30.99
2005-12-26	31.16
2006-02-14	30.73
2006-03-21	31.17
2006-04-10	31.19
2006-05-30	30.93
2006-07-04	30.84
2006-07-24	30.76
2006-08-08	30.62
2006-09-12	30.4
2006-10-02	30.43
2006-11-21	30.13
2006-12-26	30.23
2007-01-15	30.26
2007-01-30	30.27
2007-02-19	30.25
2007-03-06	30.21
2007-03-26	29.95
2007-06-19	30.1
2007-07-24	29.84
2007-08-13	29.38
2007-10-22	29.03
2007-11-06	29.4
2007-11-26	29.35
2007-12-11	28.9
2008-02-19	30.16
2008-03-10	30.24
2008-03-25	29.48
2008-04-14	29.6
2008-05-19	29.56
2008-06-03	29.45
2008-06-23	29.51
2008-07-08	29.41
2008-07-28	29.25
2008-08-12	29.07
2008-09-01	28.93
2008-09-15	28.59
2008-09-16	28.61
2008-11-25	28.55
2008-12-23	28.4
2009-01-12	28.41
2009-01-19	28
2009-01-31	28.53
2009-02-20	28.37
2009-02-23	28.37
2009-02-24	28.69
2009-03-06	28.64
2009-03-10	28.58
2009-03-16	28.7
2009-03-26	28.69
2009-03-30	28.68
2009-04-04	28.69
2009-04-14	28.74
2009-04-21	28.2
2009-04-24	28.87
2009-05-01	28.49
2009-05-14	28.69
2009-05-19	28.37
2009-05-24	28.67
2009-06-03	28.64
2009-06-09	28.43
2009-06-13	28.61
2009-06-19	28.93
2009-06-23	28.59
2009-07-23	28.42
2009-07-28	28.26
2009-08-01	28.34
2009-08-08	28.17
2009-08-11	28.33
2009-08-17	28.42
2009-08-21	28.22
2009-08-31	28.18
2009-09-01	28.09
2009-09-16	28.17
2009-09-21	27.92
2009-09-30	28.1
2009-10-10	28.04
2009-10-16	27.82
2009-10-20	28.03
2009-10-26	27.71
2009-10-30	27.92
2009-11-19	27.87
2009-11-28	27.8
2009-11-30	28.12
2009-12-18	27.81
2009-12-25	27.57
2009-12-28	27.56
2010-01-07	27.84
2010-01-13	28.03
2010-01-17	27.75
2010-01-23	27.32
2010-01-27	27.83
2010-02-06	27.78
2010-02-08	27.63
2010-02-12	27.88
2010-02-22	27.94
2010-03-08	27.94
2010-03-14	28.26
2010-03-27	27.83
2010-03-30	28.11
2010-04-03	27.77
2010-04-06	27.86
2010-04-19	28.24
2010-04-23	27.95
2010-04-26	27.94
2010-05-04	28.29
2010-05-06	27.99
2010-05-16	27.96
2010-05-22	28
2010-05-24	28.47
2010-05-26	27.97
2010-06-01	27.88
2010-06-11	28.05
2010-06-25	27.9
2010-06-28	27.85
2010-07-01	27.66
2010-07-05	27.92
2010-07-11	27.63
2010-07-15	27.84
2010-07-21	27.5
2010-07-24	27.91
2010-07-31	27.45
2010-08-02	27.26
2010-08-03	27.77
2010-08-10	27.12
2010-08-13	27.73
2010-08-29	27.41
2010-09-02	27.64
2010-09-22	27.71
2010-09-28	27.27
2010-10-08	27.46
2010-10-12	27.68
2010-11-11	27.81
2010-11-20	27.91
2010-11-30	27.89
2010-12-10	27.95
2010-12-17	27.66
2010-12-20	27.97
2010-12-30	28.01
2011-01-09	28.06
2011-01-19	28.09
2011-01-25	28.26
2011-01-29	28.09
2011-02-04	28.4
2011-02-08	28.16
2011-02-18	28.22
2011-02-24	28.25
2011-03-06	28.42
2011-03-10	28.26
2011-03-16	28.13
2011-03-19	28.37
2011-04-18	28.65
2011-04-24	28.93
2011-05-04	28.55
2011-05-08	28.79
2011-05-14	28.44
2011-05-28	28.65
2011-06-03	28.69
2011-06-07	28.79
2011-06-13	28.67
2011-06-17	28.8
2011-06-23	28.39
2011-07-03	28.43
2011-07-06	28.82
2011-07-13	28.39
2011-07-26	28.49
2011-08-02	28.33
2011-08-05	28.68
2011-08-12	28.32
2011-08-15	28.58
2011-08-21	28.18
2011-08-25	28.42
2011-08-31	28.01
2011-09-04	28.34
2011-09-10	28.11
2011-09-30	28
2011-10-10	27.88
2011-10-14	28.2
2011-10-24	28.16
2011-10-30	27.91
2011-11-02	28.09
2011-11-09	27.89
2011-11-22	27.96
2011-11-29	27.64
2011-12-02	28.05
2011-12-09	27.54
2011-12-12	27.91
2011-12-18	27.84
2011-12-22	27.96
2012-01-01	28.01
2012-01-07	27.93
2012-01-11	27.95
2012-01-21	28.01
2012-01-27	27.86
2012-02-06	28.15
2012-02-16	28.17
2012-02-26	28.1
2012-03-07	28.18
2012-03-17	28.07
2012-03-27	28.17
2012-04-15	27.86
2012-04-25	28.44
2012-05-05	28.28
2012-05-15	28.23
2012-05-25	27.93
2012-06-04	27.88
2012-06-14	27.78
2012-06-24	27.74
2012-07-04	27.65
2012-07-14	27.68
2012-07-24	27.55
2012-08-02	27.54
2012-08-12	27.35
2012-08-22	27.24
2012-09-11	27.08
2012-09-21	26.89
2012-10-01	27.12
2012-10-11	27.11
2012-11-10	27
2012-11-20	27
2012-12-19	26.85
2012-12-29	27.35
2013-01-08	27.23
2013-01-18	26.87
2013-02-27	26.91
2013-03-21	26.82
2013-04-25	27.32
2013-05-17	27.16
2013-05-30	27.29
2013-06-06	27.25
2013-06-26	26.82
2013-07-04	27.22
2013-07-16	26.73
2013-07-25	26.87
2013-08-04	26.91
2013-08-08	27.02
2013-08-14	26.64
2013-08-24	27.25
2013-08-29	26.89
2013-09-12	26.78
2013-09-13	26.61
2013-09-23	26.41
2013-10-03	26.73
2013-10-13	26.48
2013-10-17	26.59
2013-10-23	26.45
2013-11-02	26.42
2013-11-07	26.54
2013-11-12	26.11
2013-11-21	26.17
2013-12-01	26.44
2013-12-11	26.07
2013-12-21	26.22
2013-12-26	26.28
2013-12-31	25.81
2014-01-16	26.38
2014-01-30	26.72
2014-02-09	26.56
2014-02-20	26.45
2014-03-01	26.48
2014-03-06	26.42
2014-03-11	26.16
2014-03-20	26.35
2014-03-27	26.44
2014-04-09	26.27
2014-04-10	26.06
2014-04-29	26.19
2014-05-01	26.41
2014-05-09	26.13
2014-05-15	26.27
2014-05-19	26.16
2014-06-05	26.33
2014-06-08	26.11
2014-06-19	26.35
2014-06-28	25.94
2014-07-08	26.09
2014-07-10	26.22
2014-07-17	25.84
2014-07-24	26.01
2014-08-06	25.47
2014-08-14	26.01
2014-08-28	25.2
2014-09-05	26.14
2014-09-18	25.78
2014-10-02	26.14
2014-10-05	25.58
2014-10-23	25.65
2014-11-03	25.71
2014-11-13	25.39
2014-11-23	25.25
2014-11-27	25.51
2014-12-03	25.01
2014-12-11	25.41
2014-12-23	25.58
2015-01-01	25.48
2015-01-02	25.01
2015-01-12	25.21
2015-01-15	25.51
2015-01-22	25.3
2015-02-01	25.48
2015-02-05	25.44
2015-02-11	25.33
2015-02-21	25.26
2015-03-02	25.5
2015-03-12	25.46
2015-03-22	25.31
2015-04-01	25.43
2015-04-16	25.55
2015-04-21	25.47
2015-05-01	25.4
2015-05-11	25.8
2015-05-21	25.64
2015-05-31	25.63
2015-06-20	25.55
2015-06-25	25.53
2015-06-29	25.42
2015-07-09	25.3
2015-07-19	25.05
2015-07-30	25.4
2015-08-08	25.06
2015-08-18	24.77
2015-08-28	25.2
2015-10-07	24.83
2015-10-08	25.01
2015-10-17	24.74
2015-10-26	24.65
2015-11-05	24.57
2015-11-15	24.97
2015-12-05	24.85
2015-12-15	24.67
2015-12-25	24.81
2016-01-04	24.54
2016-01-14	25.13
2016-01-24	24.87
2016-03-13	25.49
2016-03-23	25.25
2016-03-31	25.03
2016-04-02	25.19
2016-04-12	24.97
2016-04-22	24.98
2016-05-02	24.89
2016-05-05	25.13
2016-05-12	25.23
2016-05-22	25.29
2016-06-01	25.34
2016-06-09	25.75
2016-06-11	24.83
2016-06-20	24.79
2016-06-30	24.8
2016-07-10	24.83
2016-07-20	24.96
2016-07-30	24.67
2016-08-09	24.44
2016-08-19	24.57
2016-08-29	24.46
2016-09-08	24.79
2016-09-18	24.52
2016-09-28	24.52
2016-10-08	24.24
2016-10-17	24.16
2016-10-27	24.14
2016-11-06	24.27
2016-11-16	23.97
2016-11-26	24.22
2016-12-06	24.3
2016-12-16	24.38
2016-12-26	23.74
2017-01-15	24.25
2017-01-25	24.12
2017-02-03	24.24
2017-02-13	24.57
2017-02-23	24.48
2017-03-05	24.57
2017-03-15	24.31
2017-03-25	23.99
2017-04-14	24.27
2017-04-24	24.19
2017-05-04	24.15
2017-05-14	23.96
2017-05-24	24.11
2017-06-02	24.04
2017-06-12	24.31
2017-06-22	24.18
2017-07-02	23.91
2017-07-12	23.84
2017-07-22	24.07
2017-08-01	24.02
2017-08-11	24.16
2017-08-21	23.72
2017-09-20	23.95
2017-09-29	23.84
2017-10-09	23.62
2017-10-29	23.67
2017-11-08	23.71
2017-11-18	23.84
2017-11-28	23.63
2017-12-08	23.78
2017-12-18	23.72
2017-12-28	23.67
2018-01-07	23.59
2018-01-17	23.63
2018-01-26	23.66
2018-02-05	23.71
2018-02-15	23.59
2018-02-25	23.99
2018-03-07	24.04
2018-03-17	23.82
2018-03-27	24.2
2018-04-06	24.12
2018-04-16	24.05
2018-04-26	23.75
2018-05-06	24.22
2018-05-16	23.89
2018-05-25	24.29
2018-06-04	23.67
2018-06-14	23.99
2018-06-24	23.93
2018-07-04	24.31
2018-07-14	24.18
2018-07-24	23.86
2018-08-03	24.28
2018-08-13	23.94
2018-08-23	24.26
2018-09-02	23.82
2018-09-12	23.84
2018-10-01	23.71
2018-10-11	23.88
2018-10-21	23.43
2018-10-31	23.47
2018-11-10	23.9
2018-11-20	23.4
2018-11-30	23.43
2018-12-10	23.31
2018-12-20	23.88
2018-12-30	23.86
2019-01-09	23.64
2019-01-18	23.71
2019-01-28	23.73
2019-02-07	23.45
2019-02-17	23.76
2019-03-09	23.65
2019-03-19	23.37
2019-03-29	23.88
2019-05-07	23.41
2019-05-17	23.35
2019-05-27	23.53
2019-06-06	23.35
2019-06-16	23.62
2019-06-26	23.51
2019-07-06	23.25
2019-07-16	23.3
2019-07-26	23.53
2019-08-15	23.55
2019-09-03	23.66
2019-09-23	23.13
2019-10-13	23.08
2019-10-23	23.12
2019-11-02	23.11
2019-11-12	23.61
2019-11-22	24.12
2019-12-22	23.95
2019-12-31	23.72
2020-01-10	24.05
2020-01-20	23.68
2020-02-29	23.74
2020-03-10	24.35
2020-03-20	24.17
2020-03-30	23.98
2020-04-28	23.48
2020-05-18	23.48
2020-05-28	23.16
2020-06-07	23.32
2020-06-27	23.37
2020-07-07	23.86
2020-07-17	23.81
2020-07-27	23.92
2020-08-25	23.18
2020-09-04	23.26
2020-09-14	23.24
2020-10-04	23.1
2020-12-03	26.87
2020-12-22	27.01
2021-01-01	26.89
2021-02-20	23.38
2021-03-02	23.28
2021-03-12	23.41
2021-03-22	23.37
2021-04-01	23.36
2021-04-11	23.31
2021-04-20	23.44
2021-04-30	23.53
2021-05-10	23.48
2021-05-20	23.34
2021-05-30	23.34
2021-06-09	23.36
2021-06-19	23.07
2021-07-19	23.42
2021-07-29	23.36
2021-08-07	23.01
2021-08-17	23.04
2021-09-06	23.13
2021-09-16	23.03
2021-09-26	23.18
2021-10-16	23.31
2021-10-26	23.39
2021-11-25	23.59
2021-12-24	23.27
2022-01-03	23.3
2022-01-23	23.24
2022-02-02	23.28
2022-02-12	23.35
2022-02-22	23.51
2022-03-04	23.61
2022-03-24	23.47
2022-04-02	23.47
2022-05-02	23.52
2022-05-12	23.76
2022-05-22	23.59
2022-06-01	23.35
2022-06-11	23.48
2022-06-21	23.43
2022-07-01	23.41
2022-07-11	23.29
2022-07-21	23.48
2022-07-30	23.19
2022-08-09	23.22
2022-08-19	23.25
2022-09-08	23.19
2022-09-18	23.2
2022-09-28	23.41
2022-10-08	23.3
2022-11-07	24.05
2022-11-17	23.6
2022-12-26	23.15
2023-01-05	23.42
2023-01-15	23.09
2023-02-04	23.61
2023-02-14	23.72
2023-02-24	23.39
2023-03-06	23.08
2023-03-25	23.47
2023-04-14	23.76
2023-04-24	23.78
2023-05-14	23.95
2023-05-24	23.53
2023-06-03	23.73
2023-06-13	23.22
2023-06-23	23.28
2023-07-03	23.24
2023-07-13	23.58
2023-07-22	23.59
2023-08-11	23.46
2023-08-21	23.17
2023-08-31	23.37
2023-09-10	23.17
2023-09-20	23.15
2023-10-10	23.32
2023-10-20	23.34
2023-10-30	23.1
2023-11-08	23.3
2023-11-18	23.32
2023-11-28	23.49
2023-12-18	23.35
2023-12-28	23.13
2024-01-07	23.19
2024-01-17	23.6
2024-01-27	23.58
2024-02-06	23.65
2024-02-26	23.74
2024-03-26	23.1
2024-04-25	23.64
2024-05-15	23.1
2024-05-25	23.63
2024-06-04	23.35
2024-06-14	23.18
2024-07-23	23.35
2024-08-02	23.3
2024-08-12	23.25
2024-08-22	23.58
2024-09-01	23.4
2024-09-11	23.49
2024-09-21	23.22
2024-10-11	23.4
2024-11-09	23.09
2024-11-29	23.58
2024-12-09	23.26
2024-12-19	23.47
2024-12-29	23.23
2025-01-08	23.6
2025-01-18	23.61
2025-02-07	23.54
2025-02-17	23.55
2025-03-08	23.39
2025-03-28	23.49
2025-04-07	23.52
2025-04-17	23.7
2025-04-27	23.22
2025-05-07	23.43
2025-05-17	23.17
2025-05-27	23.02
2025-06-06	23.29
2025-06-16	23.2
2025-06-25	23.19
2025-07-05	23.31
2025-07-15	23.17
2025-07-25	23.31
2025-08-04	23.36
2025-08-14	23.21
2025-08-24	23.28
2025-09-03	23.48
2025-09-13	23.22
2025-10-03	23.36
2025-12-01	23.16
2025-12-11	23.55
2025-12-31	23.74
2026-02-08	23.09
2026-02-18	23.27
2026-02-28	23.25
2026-03-10	23.08
2026-03-30	23.48
2026-04-09	23.42
2026-04-19	23.18
2026-04-29	23.68
2026-05-19	23.2
2026-05-29	23.16
2026-06-07	23.46
2026-06-27	23.21
2026-07-07	24
2026-07-17	23.06
2026-07-27	23.23
2026-08-06	23.18

Satellite observations · DAHITI · 2002-07-30 — 2026-08-06

Aral Sea

Sea surface area

Data period: 2005–2018

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Data period: 2005–2018

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