{"id":27530,"date":"2026-03-21T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27530"},"modified":"2026-03-21T14:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:16:28","slug":"caspian-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/caspian-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Caspian Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Caspian Sea Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Israeli military confirmed that its fighter jets carried out strikes on several Iranian naval vessels in the Caspian Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Caspian Sea<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the world\u2019s largest water body that is <\/span><b>enclosed or bordered<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by land on all sides.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>located between Asia and Europe.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sea\u2019s name derives from the <\/span><b>ancient Kaspi peoples,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who once lived in Transcaucasia to the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>endorheic basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (drainage basin without an outflow).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered <\/span><b>by Russia and Azerbaijan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the west, <\/span><b>Kazakhstan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Turkmenistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the north and east, and<\/span><b> Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the south.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The composition of the water of the Caspian Sea also varies from almost fresh in the northern parts of the lake to saltier southwards.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Three major rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014the <\/span><b>Volga, the Ural, and the Terek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014empty into the Caspian from the north.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cities on Caspian:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Baku, the capital of<\/span><b> Azerbaijan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is the largest city on the Caspian. Another important city along the Caspian is Iran\u2019s Nowshahr.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Islands:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The largest are <\/span><b>Chechen, Tyuleny, Morskoy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kulaly, Zhiloy, and Ogurchin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is also known for its abundance of <\/span><b>energy resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (oil and natural gas reserves in offshore fields and onshore on the coast of the sea).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/world-news\/israel-launches-historic-airstrikes-on-iranian-naval-vessels-in-caspian-sea-escalating-military-tensions\/articleshow\/129682176.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Caspian Sea is the world\u2019s largest water body that is enclosed or bordered by land on all sides. 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