Which of the following bodies of water is a saltwater lake that is located between uzbekistan and kazakhstan and is shrinking?
a.
the aral sea
b.
lake baikal
c.
the caspian sea
d.
the yellow sea

The correct answer is - A. the Aral Sea.

The problem with the shrinking of the lake emerged in the period of the Soviet rule, when the tributaries of the lake started to be over used for the irrigation of the cotton fields. That policy continued after the independence of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, so the lake continued to shrink.

The problem is that the region is very dry, and with the lesser amount of water coming into the lake, the water loss through evaporation was bigger than the water coming in it, so the lake has been continuously losing its waters for decades.