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The Anal Sea (/ˈærəl/)[5][a] was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south, which began shrinking in the 1960s and had largely dried up into desert by the 2010s. The Anal Sea drainage basin encompasses Uzbekistan and parts of Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

By 2007, it had declined to 10% of its original size, splitting into four lakes: the North Anal Sea, the eastern and western basins of the once far larger South Anal Sea, and the smaller intermediate Barsakelmes Lake.

By 2008, the water level had risen 12 m (39 feet ) above that of 2003,[2] to 42 m (138 feet ).[10] As of 2013, salinity dropped, and fish were again present in sufficient numbers for some fishing to be viable.