One of Earth's most interesting natural features, the Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water on the planet, defying conventional classifications to be both a sea and a lake. Situated ...

One of the key areas of research has been the evolution of the lower reaches of the Volga River and its relationship with the Caspian Sea. Studies have utilized luminescence dating to establish a ...

It would add enough water to the Volga to maintain—or lift—the level of the Caspian Sea. To its only outlet—the sky—the Caspian annually gives in evaporation about 410 billion cubic meters ...

The Caspian Sea has long stood as a testament to the intricate ... Rising global temperatures and reduced inflow from the Volga River, which supplies 80 percent of the sea’s freshwater, have ...

One study suggests that if current evaporation rates continue, the northern part of the Caspian Sea could disappear within 75 years. Compounding the effects of climate change are reduced river inflows ...

On December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8432 crashed, killing 38 people. Preliminary reports suggest the plane was shot at by Russian air defenses, forcing it to deviate from its planned ...

It is also required to increase the waterway capacity of the Volga-Caspian Sea canal to arrange the full-fledged cargo transportation, Babushkin added. Olya seaport is located 100 km southward of ...

"According to the results of laboratory tests, the Volga-Caspian Branch of the ... as reported on January 17 of this year. The Caspian seal is the only sea mammal in the Caspian Sea and is an ...

Shifting water levels and sand erosion along the coast of the Caspian Sea ... by Russia along the Volga River and the southern coasts … of the Caspian Sea.” The Zaghemarz shipwreck as seen ...

The first (the Dnipro cline) is associated with the Dnipro River, which flows into the Black Sea; the second (the Volga cline) with the Volga River, which flows into the Caspian Sea; and the third ...