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The northern part of the Baltic Sea is known as the Gulf of Bothnia, of which the northernmost part is the Bay of Bothnia or Bothnian Bay. The more rounded southern basin of the gulf is called Bothnian Sea and immediately to the south of it lies the Sea of Åland. The Gulf of Finland connects the Baltic Sea with Saint Petersburg.
So it is known that near the Denmark straits this area was 20 m (66 ft) below sea level around 8.5 to 8.0 ka cal. BP, but the area around the Usedom/Rügen islands had up to 5 m (16 ft) higher relative sea level at the same time. [9]
In the south the water is the normal brackish water of the Baltic Sea, but in the north, in the Bothnian Bay, the salinity is so low, [7] from 0.4% near Kvarken to 0.2% in the northernmost part, [8] that many freshwater fish such as the pike, whitefish and perch thrive in it.
Lithuania was the last among the Baltic states to be hit by recession because its GDP growth rate in 2008 was still positive, followed by a slump of more than 15% in 2009. In the third quarter of 2009, compared to the previous quarter, GDP again grew by 6.1% after five-quarters with negative numbers. [ 38 ]
[4] [5] [6] Schliemann found Baltic amber beads at Mycenae, as shown by spectroscopic investigation. [7] The quantity of amber in the Royal Tomb of Qatna, Syria, is unparalleled among known second millennium BC sites in the Levant and the Ancient Near East. [8] Amber was sent from the North Sea to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi as an offering.
The Baltic Sea’s potential wealth of well-preserved wrecks makes it the home of “the best diving in the world,” says Douglas. Dahm and Douglas first met in the late 1990s through mutual ...
WTI crude oil prices are up nearly 8% over the past month to just under $73 per barrel, but that’s still below the $86 per barrel price seen after the Israel-Hamas war began in early October.
The chief cities were Cologne on the Rhine River, Hamburg and Bremen on the North Sea, and Lübeck on the Baltic. [14] The Hanseatic cities each had its own legal system and a degree of political autonomy. [15] The Hanseatic League was an alliance of North German and Baltic cities during the Middle Ages. The Hanseatic League was founded for the ...