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The Caspian Sea is an endorheic basin, surrounded by Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan. It is not landlocked, but it has a low salinity and a shallow depth, and it is affected by global warming and pollution.
9 lis 2024 · The sea is bordered in the northeast by Kazakhstan, in the southeast by Turkmenistan, in the south by Iran, in the southwest by Azerbaijan, and in the northwest by Russia. The Caspian is the largest salt lake in the world, but that has not always been true.
22 lut 2024 · Unlike most seas, which have open connections to the ocean and experience regular tidal influxes of saltwater, the Caspian Sea is largely landlocked. This limited exchange with oceanic waters restricts the inflow of saltwater into the Caspian basin.
28 sty 2021 · The Caspian Sea is the world's largest enclosed water body, but not a sea, as it has no outlet to the ocean. It is a brackish lake with a salinity of 1.2%, influenced by rivers and evaporation.
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, with no natural outflow except evaporation. It is bordered by five countries: Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
The Caspian Sea is a remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea, like the Black Sea, the Aral Sea, Lake Urmia and Lake Oroumieh. A tectonic uplift and a fall in sea level caused it to became landlocked approximately 5.5 million years ago.
17 gru 2004 · Variously classed as an enormous lake or the smallest full-fledged sea, the Caspian is the largest landlocked water body in the world, with a surface area of 371 000 square kilometres. It is bordered by Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Iran.
