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Its gross coverage is 386,400 km 2 (149,200 sq mi) and the surface is about 27 m (89 ft) below sea level. Its main freshwater inflow, Europe's longest river, the Volga, enters at the shallow north end. Two deep basins form its central and southern zones.
6 days ago · The Caspian is the largest salt lake in the world, but that has not always been true. Scientific studies have shown that until relatively recent geologic times, approximately 11 million years ago, it was linked, via the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, to the world ocean.
- The Caspian Sea lies to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia.
- The Caspain Sea is the world’s largest inland body of water and the world's largest salt lake.
- The Caspian Sea is bordered by five countries: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
- The salinity of the Caspian Sea is about 12.8 parts per thousand on average, going from a mere 1 part per thousand near the Volga outlet to a high...
- The Caspian Sea contains as many as 50 islands, most of them small. The largest are Chechen, Tyuleny, Morskoy, Kulaly, Zhiloy, and Ogurchin.
Feb 22, 2024 · During the late Cretaceous period, around 70 to 60 million years ago, the region that now encompasses the Caspian Sea was part of the ancient Tethys Sea, a vast ocean separating the supercontinents of Laurasia and Gondwana.
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Jan 28, 2021 · Going by the definition of a sea, the Caspian Sea is a lake and not a sea as it is an enclosed water body without any direct outlet to the ocean. However, 5.5 million years ago, it was part of the ancient Parathethys Sea and got landlocked as a result of tectonic uplift and sea-level fall.
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3 days ago · Image: Julien Pebrel. The Aral Sea, once the world’s third-largest lake, is 1,200 kilometres from the Caspian Sea on the eastern border of Kazakhstan. It shrank by nearly 90 per cent at the turn of the century due to its waters being diverted to agricultural use.
Feb 24, 2017 · Much of it evaporated during hot and dry periods, and eventually the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea and the Aral Sea formed. The Caspian Sea is estimated to be about 30 million years old.
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The Caspian sea is an endorheic body of water. It is bordered by Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It has a maximum depth of about 1,025 metres (3,363 ft). It is called a sea because when the Romans first arrived there, they tasted the water and found it to be salty.
