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  2. Black Sea - Wikipedia

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    The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, ... Some researchers theorize that the Black Sea had been a landlocked freshwater lake ...

  3. Landlocked country - Wikipedia

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    The Danube is an international waterway, and thus landlocked Austria, Hungary, Moldova, Serbia, and Slovakia have secure access to the Black Sea (the same access is given to inland parts of Germany and Croatia, though Germany and Croatia are not landlocked). However, oceangoing ships cannot use the Danube, so cargo must be transloaded anyway ...

  4. Geography of Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    The Rioni River, the largest river in western Georgia, rises in the Greater Caucasus and empties into the Black Sea at the port of Poti. [12] Soviet engineers turned the river lowlands along the Black Sea coast into prime subtropical agricultural land, embanked and straightened many stretches of river, and built an extensive system of canals. [12]

  5. List of seas on Earth - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Navies of landlocked countries - Wikipedia

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    A landlocked navy is a naval force operated by a country that does not have a coastline. While these states are unable to develop a sea-going, blue-water navy , they may still deploy armed forces on major lakes or rivers.

  7. Geography of Kosovo - Wikipedia

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    A landlocked country, there are several notable rivers and lakes within the country's borders. The drainage basin of the Black Sea comprises 50.7 percent of the territory of the country and totals 5,520 square kilometres (2,130 sq mi), which makes it the largest in Kosovo. [15]

  8. Geography of North Macedonia - Wikipedia

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    Here is the source of the river Binačka Morava which joins the South Morava and later the Danube, which eventually flows into the Black Sea. Despite being a landlocked country, North Macedonia has three large lakes (Ohrid, Prespa, and Dojran), three artificial lakes and roughly 50 ponds.

  9. List of countries and territories by land and maritime borders

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    For purposes of this list, "maritime boundary" includes boundaries that are recognized by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which includes boundaries of territorial waters, contiguous zones, and exclusive economic zones. However, it does not include lake or river boundaries, which are considered land boundaries.