Caspian Sea

inland sea situated between southeast Europe and Asia

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers (143,244 sq mi) and a volume of 78,200  cubic kilometers (18,761 cu mi).<ref name=LakeNet">Lake Profile: Caspian Sea. LakeNet. It is an endorheic body of water, and lies between the southern areas of the Russian Federation and northern Iran. It has a maximum depth of about 1025 meters (3,363 ft). It is called a sea because when the Romans first arrived there, they tasted the water and found it to be salty. It has a salinity of approximately 1.2%, about a third the salinity of most seawater.
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Noun
1. a large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River; the largest inland body of water in the world
(synonym) Caspian
(hypernym) lake
(part-holonym) Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia

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