OREANDA-NEWS  In the next 5-10 years, the Caspian Sea will be sharply fragmented. This forecast was given by scientists interviewed by the Telegram channel Shot.

According to the source, over the past 20 years, the Caspian Sea has moved 15-20 kilometers away from the coast in Azerbaijan, and 35 kilometers in Kazakhstan. The retreat of the coastline is also recorded in Turkmenistan and Iran.

According to Peter Bukharitsin, a leading researcher at the Institute of Water Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in the coming years the level of the Caspian Sea will drop to 31 meters. He noted that the shallowing of the reservoir can lead to serious economic problems in countries and regions that have access to it, including those related to tourism and fishing. So, the owners of hotels in Dagestan on the "first line" note that the buildings have long been away from the sea.

Scientists predicted that the Caspian Sea could repeat the fate of the Aral Sea — it was one of the largest lakes in the world, but began to dry up in the 1960s due to human activity, and then split into two parts. Now one part of the Aral Sea has completely disappeared, while the other has been severely fragmented.

Earlier, the shallowing of the Caspian Sea was associated with climate change. According to scientists, the problem is not related to the regulation of water flow on the Volga. Only the joint efforts of the five states located on the coastline of the Caspian Sea will be able to remedy the situation.