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The Caspian SeaA) drains into the Mediterranean.
B) has doubled in size over the last few hundred years.
C) is threatened by oil-industry pollution.
D) is in much greater danger than is the Aral Sea is for desiccation due to excess water use.
E) is the smallest lake in Central Asia.
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