✅Surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan
(Rus Ka TAI)๐
✅Caspian Sea is
the largest lake in the world.
✅Its northern part is 28 m below the sea level.
✅ Volga, the largest river of Europe, drains its water into the Caspian Sea.
✅ It is rich in petroleum deposits.
✅The salinity of the water, however, is high.
✅ A number of important cities like Baku, Sumgait, Astrakhan, and Babol are located along its coasts.
Caspian Sea:
Location
• Lies at the junction of Europe and Asia
• West: Caucasus Mountains
• East: steppes of Central Asia
Bordering Countries
• Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.
• Earth’s largest inland body of water.
• world’s largest lake
• Endorheic basin: it has no natural outlets.
• Inlet Rivers: Volga, Terek, Kura and Ural.
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