Explanation

Only Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan directly border the Aral Sea

Additional information 

The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake

Lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south,

Which began shrinking in the 1960s

Had largely dried up into a desert by the 2010s.

The states that share the water of the Aral Sea are :

• Kazakhstan
• Uzbekistan
• Turkmenistan
• Tajikistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Afghanistan
• Iran