Caspian Sea
lairgest enclosed inland body o watter on Yird bi aurie
The Caspian Sea (Roushie: Каспийское море, Azerbaijani: Xəzər dənizi, Kazakh: Каспий теңізі, [دریای خزر Daryā-i Xazar, دریای مازندران Daryā-i Māzandarān] error: {{lang-xx}}: text haes italic markup (help), Turkmen: Hazar deňizi, Georgie: კასპიის ზღვა) is the lairgest enclosed inland body o watter on Yird bi aurie, variously classed as the warld's lairgest loch or a full-fledged sea.[2][3] The sea haes a surface aurie o 371,000 km2 (143,200 sq mi) (nae includin Garabogazköl Aylagy) an a volume o 78,200 km3 (18,800 cu mi).[4] It is in an endorheic basin (it haes no outflows) an locatit atween Europe an Asie.[5]
| Caspian Sea | |
|---|---|
 The Caspian Sea as captured bi the MODIS on the orbitin Terra satellite, Juin 2003 | |
| Coordinates | 41°40′N 50°40′E / 41.667°N 50.667°ECoordinates: 41°40′N 50°40′E / 41.667°N 50.667°E |
| Teep | Endorheic, Saline, Permanent, Natural |
| Primary inflows | Volga River, Ural River, Kura River, Terek River Heestorically: Amu Darya |
| Primar ootflows | Evaporation |
| Catchment aurie | 362,600 km2 (140,000 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin kintras | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Roushie, Turkmenistan Heestorically an aa Uzbekistan |
| Max. lenth | 1,030 km (640 mi) |
| Max. weenth | 435 km (270 mi) |
| Surface aurie | 371,000 km2 (143,200 sq mi) |
| Average deepth | 211 m (690 ft) |
| Max. deepth | 1,025 m (3,360 ft) |
| Watter vollum | 78,200 km3 (18,800 cu mi) |
| Residence time | 250 years |
| Shore lenth1 | 7,000 km (4,300 mi) |
| Surface elevation | −28 m (−92 ft) |
| Islands | 26+ |
| Settlements | Baku (Azerbaijan), Rasht (Iran), Aktau (Kazakhstan), Makhachkala (Russia), Türkmenbaşy (Turkmenistan) |
| References | [1] |
| 1 Shore lenth is nae a weel-defined meisur. | |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 van der Leeden, Troise, and Todd, eds., The Water Encyclopedia. Second Edition. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, 1990, p. 196.
- ↑ "Caspian Sea - Background". Caspian Environment Programme. 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ↑ "ESA: Observing the Earth – Earth from Space: The southern Caspian Sea". ESA.int. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ↑ Lake Profile: Caspian Sea. LakeNet.
- ↑ "Caspian Sea".