Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea (Azerbaijani: Xəzər dənizi, Persian: دریای مازندران /دریای خزر‎, Russian: Каспийское море, Kazakh: Каспий теңізі, Turkmen: Hazar deňizi) is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of 371,000 km (143,200 sq mi) (not including Garabogazköl Aylagy) and a volume of 78,200 km (18,800 cu mi). It is in an endorheic basin (i... More

Mean depth:

  • 187 m (614 ft )

Physical Geography

Shore length:

  • 7,000 km (4350 mi )

Surface elevation:

  • -28 m (-92 ft )

Max. width:

  • 435 km (270 mi )

Max. length:

  • 1,030 km (640 mi )

Catchment area:

  • 3,626,000 km² (1400006 mi² )

Lake Type:

Max. depth:

  • 1,025 m (3363 ft )

Volume:

  • 69,400 km³ (16650 cu mi )

Surface area:

  • 371,000 km² (143244 mi² )

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