Max,

Thank you very much for the pointers. I think I got the pixellation problem fixed. I enlarged the file to double size, redrew the coastlines by hand, then shrank it back down. I also tweaked the coloration of the lake to hopefully make it easier to see.

As for the lower cartouche, I reduced its size and then decided to condense my narrative to make it neater.

I would recommend anyone wanting to become more familiar with what has happened to the Aral Sea to go here for a good start. It really was an environmental atrocity.

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