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The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
Therefore, mean depth figures are not available for many deep lakes in remote locations. [9] The average lake on Earth has the mean depth 41.8 meters (137.14 feet) [9] The Caspian Sea ranks much further down the list on mean depth, as it has a large continental shelf (significantly larger than the oceanic basin that contains its greatest depths).
depth Volume Notes 1: Caspian Sea Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Azerbaijan Russia Iran: Saline 1.2% 389,000 km 2 150,000 sq mi 1,199 km 745 mi 1,025 m 3,363 ft 78,200 km 3 18,800 cu mi Geologically a small ocean rather than a lake.
Caspian Sea [3] Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran. Caspian endorheic basin: 371,000 km 2 (143,000 sq mi) 78,200 km 3 (18,800 cu mi) 1.2% Baikal [4] Russia. Southern Siberia: Buryatia and Irkutsk Oblast: 31,722 km 2 (12,248 sq mi) 23,610 km 3 (5,660 cu mi) Fresh Tanganyika Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Zambia
It is very shallow, with an average depth of 10 meters. It is separated from the Caspian Sea by a narrow, rocky ridge having a very narrow opening through which the Caspian Sea waters flow into it. There is likely a subterranean highly saline water flow when there is less evaporation in winter.
In Ptolemy’s map, Baku was described far from the sea. After the 7th century, the water level of the Caspian Sea rose until the 9th century and since then, the formation of Baku bay began. [2] Severe changes happened at the end of the 8th century, when the Caspian Sea rose more than ten meters.
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the "catastrophic" shrinking of the Caspian Sea, and said that the two had ...
The maximum water depth of the lagoon in spring and in the western areas of the lagoon reaches 2.5 meters, which varies due to the fluctuations of the water level of the Caspian Sea. • 9.53%: forest and pasture • 2.33%: Agricultural lands • 7.8%: wetlands, dams and pools • 7.3%: areas used privately by people. [20]