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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.
In order to elaborate a Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, a special working group at the level of deputy foreign ministers was established in 1996 by the Caspian states. Negotiation of the document lasted more than 20 years before its signing on 12 August 2018 by the heads of five Caspian states at the summit in Kazakhstan.
The peak inundation apparently centered on the Khvalynean basin (the recent Caspian Sea). Its level rose and its area increased six times, to one million square kilometers. Its water volume doubled (to 130,000 km 3), with a salinity of 10-12‰. Its waters overflowed the Caspian depression down the Manych-Kerch spillway. [13] [14] [15]
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Monday discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin his concern over what he said was the "catastrophic" shrinking of the Caspian Sea, and said that the two had ...
The terms international waters or transboundary waters apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (), and wetlands.
After capturing Azov in 1696, he decided to build a canal — later named Petrov Val — on the Ilovlya River (a left tributary of the Don) and the Kamyshinka river (right tributary of the Volga). [ 12 ] [ 13 ] It was much shorter than the modern canal, connecting a gap of just 4 kilometers (2.5 mi), but was abandoned in 1701 because of a lack ...
Why are flights delayed in Texas right now? What passengers need to know. Gannett. Aaron A. Bedoya, El Paso Times. July 19, 2024 at 7:35 AM. In Texas, American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United ...
The Manych Ship Canal is a canal between the Black Sea lagoon the Sea of Azov and the Caspian Sea. As of 2008, proposals were being considered to turn it into a larger canal known as the Eurasia Canal. If built, this would be a multipurpose water-resources system and a limb of international transport.