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The names are: The Red Sea, White Sea, Black Sea, and Yellow Sea. Their names are given by the color of the water. Sometimes a system of color symbolism was used as the following method green or light blue for east, black or dark for north, white for west, and red for south. This method is called cardinal directions. [1]
A 16th-century map of the Black Sea by Diogo Homem Greek colonies (8th–3rd century BCE) of the Black Sea (Euxine, or "hospitable" sea) The Black Sea was a busy waterway on the crossroads of the ancient world: the Balkans to the west, the Eurasian steppes to the north, the Caucasus and Central Asia to the east, Asia Minor and Mesopotamia to ...
The Red Sea water mass-exchanges its water with the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden. These physical factors reduce the effect of high salinity caused by evaporation in the north and relatively hot water in the south. [27] The climate of the Red Sea is the result of two monsoon seasons: a northeasterly monsoon and a southwesterly ...
The World Ocean. For example, the Law of the Sea states that all of the World Ocean is "sea", [8] [9] [10] [b] and this is also common usage for "the sea". Any large body of water with "Sea" in the name, including lakes. River – a narrow strip of water that flows over land from a higher elevation to a lower one
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A map showing the location of the Black Sea and some of the large or prominent ports around it. The Sea of Azov and Sea of Maramara are also labelled. Created by NormanEinstein, July 25, 2005.
Sea of Marmara: mediterranean sea: Between the Balkan Peninsula and the Anatolian peninsula [31] 3.17: Chilika Lake: lagoon: India [32] 1.30–2.30: Black Sea: mediterranean sea: Between Europe and Asia - Balkan Peninsula, Eastern Europe, Anatolia, Caucasus [33] 2.30: Lake Van: salt lake: Turkey [34] 1.40 Qinghai Lake: salt lake China [35] 1.25 ...
Location map of Black Sea name Black Sea border coordinates 47.594 26.825 ←↕→ 42.242 40.548 map center image Map of the Black Sea with bathymetry and surrounding relief.svg