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China's lakes are sensed as realms »Sensing of China's Lakes

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~ Caspian Sea

»caspiansea.com
is the largest inland mass of water
accounts for forty percent of all lacustrine waters on Earth
is a terminal, or endorheic lake which means its waters do not reach any ocean
minerals gather in the water because of evaporation
Endorheic lakes are normally more pollution sensitive than ocean-draining water bodies

the Romans found the Caspian Sea quite salty and named it so

the Caspian Sea is what�s left behind by the Tethys Ocean, it was landlocked
because of the continents� drifting around 5-6 million years ago

borders Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Russia

natural gas and oil production platforms are position along the shores of the Caspian Sea

sturgeon inhabit its waters
caviar is produced with the eggs
around 90 percent of all world sturgeons live in the Caspian
seven subspecies and species of sturgeon inhabit the Sea and give it the widest diversity of sturgeon

fresh water goes into the Caspian Sea through Ural and the Volga Rivers in the north
the Sea continues to be somewhat salty, south and central

the Caspian Sea is the remnant of an ancient Thetis Ocean
some 50-60 million years ago, the Thetis Ocean connected the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans
because of the movement of the continental platforms,
the Caspian lost its connection first with the Pacific, and then with the Atlantic Ocean,
turning the gulf into an isolated water body

so the Caspian salinity is a result of its birth
nowadays the Caspian is 3 times less salty than the World Ocean
because of the isolation, the Parathetis�s salinity fluctuated
in dry and hot climatic phases with no or little precipitation,
it would dry up to get divided into several water bodies with water more saline than the World Ocean�s water
during humid and cool climatic phases accompanied by plenty of rainfalls,
these water bodies would be overflowed to again unite and become less saline

glaciers thawing would exert great influence and decrease water salt levels in the Parathetis
an enormous amount of freshly thawed water lowered salinity, and
due to this phenomenon at present, the Sea has salt levels 3 times lower than World Ocean ones

it is home to numerous islands, all near the coastline
there are no islands in the deeper regions while Ogurja Ada being the biggest island
- it is 37 km long and gazelles roam freely on it

most of the Azerbaijan islands hold significant economic and geopolitical importance because of their oil reserves
off the Azerbaijan coast is Bulla Island, which holds immense oil reserves

Pirallahi Island has oil reserves but it was among the first Azerbaijan places in which oil was found, and
the first Caspian Sea Island to practice sectional drilling

Nargin is a former Soviet military base and the largest Baku bay island.

Ashuradeh is located on the easternmost coast of the Miankaleh peninsula, near Iranian land
It was cut from the peninsula because islanders created a water channel for irrigation, travelling and defence.

Various islands, mostly around Azerbaijan, have received extensive environmental harm because of oil production
Vulf suffered severe ecological harm from the industry on neighboring islands

Caspian seals and different species of birds are still found

»Caspian Lake Profile
The Caspian's largest inflow is from the Volga River.
Volume 78,200.00 km3
Surface Area 436,000.00 km2
Depth Mean depth: 187.0 m
Maximum depth: 1,025.0 m
Residence Time 250.0 years
Age 2 million - 20 million years before present
Origin Tectonic
Type Saline
Permanent
Natural
Catchment Catchment size: 1,400,000.00 km2
Catchment/surface area ratio: 3:1
Economic Value Biological resources of the Caspian, mainly fish resources, are estimated at 5-6 billion USD per year.

»Caspian-Sea by britannica.com
The sea�s name derives from the ancient Kaspi peoples, who once lived in Transcaucasia to the west.

»CASPINFO - EU FP7 project

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