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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.
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest lake and contains brackish water with a salinity about one-third that of normal seawater. The Caspian is famous for its peculiar animal fauna, including one of the few non-marine seals (the Caspian seal ) and the great sturgeons , a major source of caviar .
C. caspia is native to brackish and fresh water habitats around the Black Sea and Caspian Sea.From there it has spread, on the hulls of ships or by some other means, via channels and inland waterways to most of the temperate and tropical world. [1]
Severe risk of making the main source drinkable water for Owerri non-potable. [7] Modjo River: Central Ethiopia: One of the two most polluted rivers in Ethiopia. [8] [9] Toxic industrial chemicals [8] [9] Nairobi River Kenya: The rivers are mostly narrow and highly polluted, [10] though recent efforts to clean the rivers have improved water ...
The Caspian's water levels, which have fluctuated sharply during the last century, have been falling since the mid 1990s, scientific studies have found. ... discussed with Russian President ...
The river system of the Republic consists of the Kur River and its branches, as well as rivers directed into the Caspian Sea. Kur River is the main water source and artery of Azerbaijan. The flowing path of river goes through Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The cumulative area of the river is 188,000 square km, which of 58,000 square km or 31% ...
Ballast water taken up at sea and released in port is a major source of unwanted exotic marine life. The invasive freshwater zebra mussels, native to the Black, Caspian, and Azov seas, were probably transported to the Great Lakes via ballast water from a transoceanic vessel. [21]
A trial was made by Glenn et al. to use halophytes for feeding of sheep and it was concluded that the animals thrived well. [10] Setting the yield of an alfalfa (lucerne) fodder crop irrigated with fresh water (2 kg/m 2) at 100%, the following results were obtained for the yield of halophytic crops irrigated with seawater: