{"id":27530,"date":"2026-06-26T11:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27530"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:50:57","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;\">Recent data suggests that since the mid-1990s, the Caspian Sea has lost roughly 24,000km\u00b2 of surface area and water levels have fallen by about two metres.<\/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 <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest water body<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is enclosed or bordered by land on all sides.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><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 <\/span><b>from the 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\"><b>Basin:<\/b><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 by <\/span><b>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>Water Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three major rivers\u2014the Volga, the Ural, and the Terek\u2014empty into the Caspian from the north.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cities on Caspian Sea:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, 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 Chechen<\/span><b>, Tyuleny, Morskoy, Kulaly, Zhiloy, and Ogurchin.<\/b><\/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 energy resources (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> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/climate-change\/the-caspian-sea-has-lost-an-area-nearly-the-size-of-sicily-human-activities-are-a-major-reason-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/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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