{"id":10191,"date":"2026-10-21T11:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10191"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:40:57","slug":"baltic-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/baltic-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Baltic Sea Latest News\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nordic Council Committee for a Sustainable Nordic Region announced a new initiative to combat pollution and to protect the marine environment of the Baltic Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Baltic Sea \u00a0 <\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>semi-enclosed inland sea of the Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, situated in Northern Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often cited as the world\u2019s <\/span><b>largest brackish inland water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> body.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the youngest sea on our planet, emerging some 10,000-15,000 years ago as the glaciers retreated at the end of the last Ice Age.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Surrounding Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><b>Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Germany, Denmark, and Russia.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Key Branches and Basin<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises several branches and basins, which include, from northeast to southwest, the <\/span><b>Gulf of Bothnia, the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-finland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf of Finland<\/a>, and the Gulf of Riga<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the central-southern area known as the <\/span><b>Baltic Proper;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Danish straits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Kattegat and Skagerrak, which connect to the North Sea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its water salinity levels are lower than that of the world&#8217;s oceans due to the inflow of fresh water from the surrounding land and the sea\u2019s shallowness.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Islands:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is home to over 20 islands and archipelagos. <\/span><b>Gotland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>located off the coast of Sweden, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the largest island in the Baltic Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Issues:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Algal Harmful Blooms are also one of the issues that affect the Baltic Sea.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norden.org\/en\/news\/baltic-sea-agenda-nordic-council-pursues-new-initiatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea of the Atlantic Ocean, situated in Northern Europe. 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