Located between Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea is the world’s largest landlocked body of water, part of the “Middle Corridor” – the fastest route from China to ...

The Caspian Sea covers an area of 143,200 square miles, if action is not taken, this means that an area of over 43,000 square miles - an area larger than Iceland - would dry up.

For many observers, the fate of the Caspian is reminiscent of the Aral sea set at the border of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Once the world's fourth-largest lake, it shrank drastically due to Soviet-era ...

The Caspian Sea is a geographical marvel and a critical resource for the five countries—Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan—that border it.

In 2018, the Caspian states signed the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, a long-anticipated agreement that set out the territorial boundaries and maritime borders of the countries.

The Caspian Sea's water levels have dropped over the past 20 years, especially in the north, on the border with Russia and Kazakhstan. The decline threatens biodiversity, and severely impacts the ...

Kyiv attacked Russian vessels in the Caspian Sea, ... The port is just under 1,000 miles from the Ukrainian border and was flagged in 2021 for expansion to be able to berth at least 50 Caspian ...

The Caspian seal is the only marine mammal found in the 143,200-square-mile Caspian Sea. ... it is likely that the level of the sea — which borders Russia and Iran — will decline by 16 to 32 feet.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspected navy training in the Caspian Sea and ordered the rapid completion of work on new facilities there, his ministry said on Thursday.

However, if global temperatures rise over 2 degrees Celsius, the sea could drop nearly 70 feet by 2100, according to the study. The Caspian Sea covers an area of 143,200 square miles, if action is not ...