It is fed by the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers and is shared by Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.  
Its name is derived from the Turkic for "island", referring to its position as a remote outpost of water in a sea of desert. Its Barsa-Kelmes island houses an important nature reserve and this body of water is now divided into a small northern "lake" and a large southern one, but this was not the case before cotton production began diverting river water in the 1960's.  It is fed by the Syr Darya and Amu Darya Rivers and is shared by Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.  FTP, name this rapidly-shrinking Central Asian lake.
Its name is derived from the Turkic for "island", referring to its position as a remote outpost of water in a sea of desert.
Aral Sea