This causeway joins Solitary Hill with the city, backing up water that could irrigate some 40 000 hectares of farmland.
此堤联接孤山, 蓄水灌溉, 当时有近4万公顷田地受益。

The cause of the water loss goes back to the days of the old Soviet Union and its diversion of the main rivers which feed the Aral Sea in order to irrigate vast, arid areas for cotton production.
咸海海水枯竭的原因要追溯至前苏联时期。当时为了灌溉广阔而干旱的棉田，原本汇入咸海的几条大河被人为截流改道。