Black Sea–Caspian Steppe The Manych Depression is not much more than 65 feet above sea level and the area around Astrakhan and part of Kalmykia is below sea level. Rivers: Through the center runs the northwest-tending Kuma-Manych Depression. This was once a strait connecting the Black and Caspian Seas and is now marked by the Manych River which is basically a chain of lakes. It will probably be the route of the Eurasia Canal if that great engineering work is ever built. In the south the rivers that flow north from the Caucasus are caught by the west-flowing Kuban River and the east-flowing
Americans at the Black Sea Americans at the Black Sea Americans at the Black Sea () is a 2006 Turkish comedy film, directed by Kartal Tibet, about a U.S. military recovery operation on Turkey's Black Sea coast. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on . The film was shot on location in Akçakoca, Turkey. A rocket the United States has located on the Black Sea's seabed as a precaution against a potential threat from Tehran launches accidentally. Officers, quickly realizing the incident, alter the coordinates of the rocket and manage to land it—without exploding—on Turkey's Black Sea coast. All that's left