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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). Of the 127 registered lakes; 67 are known to be cryptodepressions .
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.
Garabogazköl (also spelled Kara-Bogaz-Gol; "Black Strait Lake"), or Garabogazköl Aylagy ("Black Strait Lake Bay"), is a shallow, highly saline lagoon off the Caspian Sea in northwestern Turkmenistan. [1] [2] The lagoon has a variable surface area typically about 18,000 km 2 (6,900 sq mi). [2] It is very shallow, with an average depth of 10 ...
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
Depth meters feet 1. Asian lake: country region meters feet 2. African lake: country region meters feet 3. Antarctic lake: Antarctica meters feet 4. South American lake: country region meters feet 5. North American lake: country region meters feet 6. European lake: country region meters feet 7. Oceanian lake: country region meters feet ? O ...
25.6 km 3 6.1 cu mi The source of the Blue Nile. 45: Amadjuak Canada: Fresh 3,115 km 2 1,203 sq mi 74 km 3 18 cu mi In geological terms, a "young" lake (approximately 4,500 years old). Second largest on Baffin Island, third largest in Nunavut. 46: Melville Canada: Saline 1.95% (approx. average of surface and bottom water) 3,069 km 2 1,185 sq mi ...
Azerbaijan map of Köppen climate classification zones. Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia.Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan: the Caspian Sea, whose shoreline forms a natural boundary to the east; the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north; and the extensive flatlands at the country's center. [1]
Kashagan Field (Kazakh: Қашаған кен орны, Qaşağan ken orny) is an offshore oil field in Kazakhstan's zone of the Caspian Sea. [2] The field, discovered in 2000, is located in the northern part of the Caspian Sea close to Atyrau and is considered the world's largest discovery in the last 30 years, combined with the Tengiz Field. [3]