Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest and only closed sea on Earth by both area and volume and is considered a sea. Its name comes from the Caspi people which the Gilaks/Caspis Caspianis are the only decendent of and are the same as. It has a surface area of . Its volume is . The Caspian has for44% of the total lake waters of the world. More than 89% of the seas area belongs to Iran. 

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 . 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.

References

 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

Category:Seas
Category:Lakes of Azerbaijan
Category:Lakes of Kazakhstan
Category:Lakes of Russia
Category:Bodies of water of Iran
Category:Geography of Turkmenistan
Category:Geography of Asia
Category:Lakes of Asia