Caspian Sea World Map

Caspian sea world map

Caspian sea map details other bodies of water the caspian sea located in western asia on the eastern edges of europe is the largest lake on the planet. The caspian sea is situated about 500 km east of the black sea between southeastern europe and western. Besides resources of oil and gas the caspian is noted for its sturgeon and the caviar they provide.

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The caspian sea is surrounded by russia and kazakhstan to the north iran to the south turkmenistan to the east iran to the south and azerbaijan to the west.

As 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 of western asia. It lies to the east of the caucasus mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of central asia.

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Uzbekistan georgia and armenia are close by but do not actually border the caspian. The caspian sea is the world s largest inland body of water variously classed as the world s largest lake or a full fledged sea. It covers 371 000 km 2 143 000 sq mi excluding the highly saline lagoon of garabogazköl and a volume of 78 200 km.

The caspian sea is considered by many to be the largest lake in the world lake or sea it is the largest enclosed inland body of water on earth with an area of 371 000 km without the garabogazköl bay compared the caspian sea is larger than germany or somewhat smaller than the us state of montana.

The sea s name derives from the ancient kaspi peoples who once lived in transcaucasia to the west.
Caspian sea russian kaspiyskoye more persian darya ye khezer world s largest inland body of water.
History records that it s called a sea because the romans found it salty especially in the southern reaches and the name stuck.
Map is showing the caspian sea an inland sea at the crossroads of europe and asia.