What country is below the Caspian Sea?

What country is below the Caspian Sea?

Five countries have a shoreline at the sea, Iran and four former Soviet republics (until 1991), Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, some of the world’s most repressive countries.

Which countries touch the Caspian Sea?

It is a landmark deal that has been more than two decades in the making. Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan – all bordering the Caspian Sea – have agreed in principle on how to divide it up.

Which city in Iran is south of the Caspian Sea?

Rasht
Rasht, also spelled Resht, city, capital of Gīlān province, north-central Iran. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) south of the Caspian Sea on a branch of the Sefīd River, where the higher ground merges into the marshlands fringing the Mordāb, or Anzalī (formerly Pahlavī), lagoon.

What river flows south into the Caspian Sea?

The Volga River
iss060e000602 (June 26, 2019) — The Volga River is the longest river in Europe and runs through Russia with its delta flowing into the Caspian Sea just south of the Kazakhstan border.

Is the Caspian Sea in Asia or Europe?

The Caspian Sea is a landlocked body of water between Europe and Asia. Five countries — Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan — border the inland sea.

What is the exact location of the Caspian Sea?

41.9350° N, 50.6689° E
Caspian Sea/Coordinates

Which country lies between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?

Iran
Geographically, Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Its mountains have helped to shape both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries.

Which city lies on the western shore of the Caspian Sea?

Baku
Baku is situated on the western coast of Caspian Sea.

Which countries does the River Volga flow through?

listen)) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea….

Volga
Location	Eastern Europe
Country	Russian Federation
Cities	Tver, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan

Is the Black Sea connected to the Caspian Sea?

Together with the lower Volga and the lower Don, the canal provides the shortest navigable connection between the Caspian Sea and the world’s oceans, if the Mediterranean is counted, via the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea….

Volga–Don Canal
Construction began	1948
Date of first use	1 June 1952
Date completed	1952
Geography

Is Caspian Sea a lake Upsc?

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. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia….

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