Because the Caspian Sea is an inland water body, it can be classified as a sea or lake. It is an endorheic basin (drainage basin without an outflow) …
Caspian Sea is actually the world's biggest lake and not a sea
The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest inland water body enclosed or bordered by land on all sides. Going by the definition of a sea, the Caspian Sea is a lake and not a sea as it is an enclosed water body without any direct outlet to the ocean. However, 5.5 million years ago, it was part of the ancient Parathethys Sea and got landlocked due to tectonic uplift and sea-level fall. Hence, the seafloor of the Caspian Sea is composed of oceanic basalt and not continental granite.
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The Caspian Sea is located in the middle of the Eurasian supercontinent, between the Caucasus Mountains and the Central Asian Steppe region. The sea …
5. Description The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest enclosed, inland body of water, with an area of 386,400 square kilometers and a salinity of 1.2% …
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