the Caspian Sea

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• Caspian Sea —    The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest enclosed body of water, technically categorizing it as a lake. The sea is intercontinental in nature, separating Europe from Asia, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a maximum depth of 1 …   Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

• Caspian Sea and Azerbaijan — refers to the influences of Caspian Sea on the nature of Azerbaijan.The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres… …   Wikipedia

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• Caspian Sea — a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland body of water in the world. ab. 169,000 sq. mi. (438,000 sq. km); 85 ft. (26 m) below sea level. * * * Inland salt lake between Europe and Asia, bordering Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan,… …   Universalium

• Caspian Sea Wolf — Taxobox name = Caspian Sea Wolf status = cr regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Canidae genus = Canis species = C. lupus subspecies = C. l. campestris synonyms= * bactrianus (Laptev, 1929) *… …   Wikipedia

• Caspian Sea —    An inland sea whose southern portion lies east of Armenia and north of Iran and that came under the control of several ancient Mesopotamian peoples. The Caspian Sea is the world s largest inland waterway, measuring some 143,000 square miles… …   Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

• Caspian Sea — Cas|pi|an Sea the Caspian Sea the largest ↑inland sea in the world, between southeast Europe and Asia. It is surrounded by Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Svinoy, Caspian Sea — Svinoy, Sangi Mugan Island or Muğan daşı ( az. Səngi Muğan, Russian: Ostrov Svinoy ), is an island in the Caspian Sea located south of Baku, Azerbaijan.This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the following islands: Boyuk… …   Wikipedia

• Gem of the Caspian Sea — Volga River …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

• CASPIAN SEA —    an inland sea, partly in Europe and partly in Asia, the largest in the world, being 600 m. from N. to S. and from 270 to 130 m. in breadth, with the Caucasus Mts. on the W. and the Elburz on the S., is the fragment of a larger sea which… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Caspian Sea — noun a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world • Syn: ↑Caspian • Instance Hypernyms: ↑lake • Part Holonyms: ↑Iran, ↑Islamic Republic of Iran, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary