Caspian Sea

✅Surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan

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✅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.