Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume. It has a surface area of 371000 km2. Its volume is 78200 km3. The Caspian has for 40 to 44% of the total lake waters of the world.

The Caspian sea is an endorheic body of water. It is bordered by Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. It has a maximum depth of about 1025 m. 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 sea water.

Other websites

 * Caspian Sea Region
 * Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea (2003)
 * Target: Caspian Sea Oil John Robb, 2004