Caspian Sea
Territorial status
Kazakhstan - 1900 km  Turkmenistan - 1768 km  Azerbaijan - 1355 km  Russia - 820 km  Iran - 657 km Surface area: 143,244 square miles (371,000 square kilometers) Maximum depth: 3,363 feet (1,025 meters) Average depth: 692 feet (211 m) Length: 640 miles (1,030 km) Maximum width: 270 miles (435 km) Minimum width: 124 miles (200 km) Coastline area: 4,237 miles (6,820 km) Water volume: 18,761 cubic miles (78,200 cubic km) Altitude: 72 feet below sea level (22 m below sea level). The Caspian Depression, a flat, lowland region encompassing the northern area of the Caspian Sea, is one of the lowest points on Earth. The Caspian Sea is the world's largest salt lake. Its length from north to south is 1,174 km, average width is 326 km, and total area is 375,000 km2. Water depth in the middle of the Caspian Sea ranges up to 788 m and in the southern part, up to 1,025 m. It has no outlet, and although the surface level of water fluctuates, it averages about 25 m below sea level according to recent measurements. Total area of the FSU portion of the Caspian Sea is 322,000 km2, including the shelf zone. To a depth of 200 m, the area is 240,000 km2.
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