The Caspian Sea (Russian : Kaspiyskoye More; Persian: Daryaye Khezer) is a landlocked endorheic (having no natural outflow except evaporation) sea between Asia and Europe. It is the world's largest inland body of water, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,000 square miles) and a maximum depth of about 980 meters (3,200 feet), and has characteristics common to both seas and lakes.
- A map of the Caspian Sea in the mid 1700s. Soskam Sabbus & Emanuel Bowen tarafından çizilen Hazar Denizi'nin Yeni ve Doğru Haritası, 1747.
- Written accounts from the ancient inhabitants of its coast perceived the Caspian Sea as an ocean, probably because of its salinity and large size.
- Caspian Sea Environment and Nature. The Caspian Sea is the world’s most considerably enclosed body of water, with a different temperature and ecosystem.
- Geography and Topography. The Caspian Sea lies east of the Caucasus Mountains and dominates the flat expanses of western Central Asia.
- Caspian Sea Facts!75 bin görüntülemeYayınlandı26 Haz 2021
- The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest water body that is enclosed or bordered by land on all sides. This massive lake is located between Asia and Europe.
- The Caspian Sea lies east of the Caucasus Mountains in a deep depression between Europe and Asia. We are roughly 28 meters below sea level.
- The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water in the world, is shrinking dramatically and has reached its lowest recorded point of 29 metres below sea level.
- ...and Ecological Effects of Caspian Sea-Level Fluctuations (NASA) Water Features and Water Issues: Caspian Sea (NASA) The Caspian Sea Environment (Book).
- The Caspian Sea (Khazar Sea), which is the world’s largest salt lake, is home to the Caspian seal, Phoca caspica.
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- Yüzölçümü:390.000 km²
- En derin noktası:1.025 m
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