Barsa-Kelmes, Kazakhstan   

Barsa-Kelmes was the largest island in the Aral Sea which encompasses the Barsa-Kelmes Nature Reserve. Its area was 133 km2 in the 1980s, but has been steadily growing due to shallowing of the sea, until in the 1990s it ceased to be an island. Its altitude reaches up to 113 m.

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