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International Business Times
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Anton LOMOV

SHOCKING: Shrinking caspian sea worries secretive turkmenistan - What They Never Told You

The Caspian Sea, an inland body of water flanked by the Caucasus region and Central Asia, has been shrinking precipitously year on year (Credit: AFP)

On the Caspian Sea coast in Turkmenistan -- one of the world's most secretive states -- Batyr Yusupov can no longer ferry his passengers between two ports. There is not enough water.

"I used to go between Turkmenbashi and Hazar," the 36-year-old ferry worker said of the ports separated by a small gulf on Turkmenistan's coast.

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