A SEA DRYING UP
i •—; Soviet natural scientists announce that they; believe the Caspian Sea,, ' the world's richest source'of caviar, is , drying up. In Baku Harbour, a deep- ;. water port, a fortress has appeared. \ The investigators say the embattlements were constructed 800 years ago ' by Persian Shahs « es .-uilpost in the ' centuries of struggles between Russian ' and Persian armies. Long ago it sank far below the surface of the sea in an. earthquake, but still the sturdy walls remain. After years of investigation, the natural scientists have tabulated the drying-up process of the Caspian. B. Apoloff, a Government investigator, ■ said that the damming of rivers for > irrigation was partially responsible. i, Last March the Caspian dropped to ! the lowest level in a century and only • now is beginning to rise again. The ;, water from melting ice in the' northi crn tributaries of the Volga and other , rivers reaches the Caspian at this time ■ •of year, but calculations are that a 1 new record low will be reached again in December. During the last cen- . tury, they estimate, the surface of the ■ sea has been reduced by thousands of square miles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 27, 31 July 1936, Page 3
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190A SEA DRYING UP Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 27, 31 July 1936, Page 3
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