Russian seas: alphabetical list

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 11:40

The territory of the Russian Federation is washed by three oceans. All the seas of Russia, a list of which is given in the text of the article, are interesting and special in their own way. All of them are unique and original.

Russian seas: list

The largest country on the planet is connected to three oceans through 12 seas, both inland and marginal. One sea of Russia does not have a direct connection with the World Ocean (except for the connection through the Volga-Don Canal) - this is the Caspian Sea, which is endorheic.

Alphabetical list of seas surrounding Russia

Sea	Belonging to the ocean
Azovskoe	to the Atlantic Ocean
Barents	to the Arctic Ocean
B altic	to the Atlantic Ocean
White	to the Arctic Ocean
Beringovo	to the Pacific
East Siberian	to the Arctic Ocean
Caspian	drainless
Karskoe	to the Arctic Ocean
Laptev	to the Arctic Ocean
Okhotsk	to the Pacificocean
Black	to the Atlantic Ocean
Chukchi	to the Arctic Ocean
Japanese	to the Pacific

Total - 13 seas.

Atlantic Seas

The seas from the Atlantic Ocean basin beat against the western shores of Russia. From the north it is the B altic Sea, in the south - the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

They are united by the following features:

• they are all inland, i.e. deep continental;
• all of them are the final seas of the Atlantic, that is, to the east of them, either the waters of another ocean or land.

The coastline of Russia along the seas of the Atlantic is about 900 km. The B altic Sea is touched by the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions. The Black and Azov Seas are washed by the shores of the Rostov Region, the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea.

Sea of the Arctic Ocean

Some Russian seas (the list is given above) belong to the Arctic Ocean basin. There are six of them: five of them are marginal (Chukchi, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Barents) and one is internal (White).

Almost all of them are covered with ice all year round. Thanks to the Atlantic current, the southwest of the Barents Sea does not freeze. The waters of the Arctic Ocean reach the territory of such subjects of Russia as the Murmansk region, the Arkhangelsk region, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, the Taimyr Autonomous District, the Republic of Sakha, the Chukotka Autonomous District.

Pacific Seas

List of seas washing the coast of Russia fromeast and related to the Pacific Ocean is given below:

• Beringovo;
• Japanese;
• Okhotsk.

The territories of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Region, Kamchatka Region, Khabarovsk Territory, Sakhalin Region, Primorsky Territory adjoin these seas.

Warm seas

Half of Russian seas are covered with ice all year round. There are seas that are partially covered with an ice crust for a certain period of time. The warm seas of Russia, the list of which is given below, do not freeze during the year. So, the warm seas of Russia include:

• Black;
• Caspian;

• Azov.

  

Russian seas: a list of unique seas

All geographical objects of the Earth are special and interesting in their own way. On the territory of Russia there are objects that are unique and inimitable. Of course, this is Lake Baikal, the Volga, Kamchatka geysers, the Kuril Islands and much more. The seas of Russia are also exceptional, a list of which is given below. The table shows the characteristics of some Russian seas in terms of their uniqueness.

List of seas washing Russia

Sea	Characterization in terms of uniqueness
Azovskoe	Considered the most inland sea of the planet. Communication with the waters of the oceans occurs through four straits and four seas. With a depth of no more than 13.5 m, it is recognized as the shallowest sea on the planet.
B altic	It is one of the most "uns alted" seas in the world. Approximately 80% of the world's amber is mined here, which is why the sea was called Amber in ancient times.
Barents	This is Russia's westernmost sea of those beyond the Arctic Circle. It is considered the cleanest sea of all that wash the shores of Europe.
White	The sea, which has a small area, is the second small sea in Russia after the Sea of Azov. It washes the lands of the historical and cultural monument of Russia - the Solovetsky Islands.
Beringovo	The largest sea washing Russia.
East Siberian	Recognized as the coldest sea on the planet.
Caspian	The largest endorheic sea in the world.
Laptev	The remains of mammoths are regularly found on the islands of this sea.
Okhotsk	Organisms have been found at the bottom of this sea that do not need solar energy.
Black	The water mass of this sea is 87% lifeless due to the presence of a thick deep layer of hydrogen sulfide, where only bacteria live.
Chukchi	The only sea in Russia with the International Date Line.
Japanese	The most southern, but not the hottest sea in Russia. Of all the seas of Russia, this one has the richest underwater world.

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