Black Sea

The Black Sea (known as the Euxine Sea in antiquity) is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. There is a net inflow of seawater through the Bosporus, 200 km³ per year. There is an inflow of freshwater from the surrounding areas, especially central and middle-eastern Europe, totalling 320 km³ per year. The most important ...

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Black Sea: Encyclopedia II - Black Sea - Name An equivalent of the name "Black Sea", Μαύρη Θάλασσα, cannot be traced to an earlier date than the 13th century. Strabo (1.2.10) reports that in antiquity, the Black Sea was often just called "the Sea" (pontos), just like Homer was often simply called "the Poet". For the most part, Graeco-Roman tradition refers to the Black Sea as Εύξεινος Πόντος Euxeinos Pontos "Hospitable sea". This is a euphemism replacing an earlier Pontos Axeinos "Inhospitable Sea", first attested in Pindar (early 5th centu ...

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Black Sea: Encyclopedia - Danube-Black Sea Canal

The Danube-Black Sea Canal is a canal in Romania which runs from Cernavodă on the Danube to Agigea (southern arm) and Năvodari (northern arm) on the Black Sea. Danube-Black Sea Canal - Statistics. It opened in 1984, and the 64km canal reduces the distance by boat from Constanţa to Cernavodă by 400 km, being an important part of the European canal system that links the North Sea to the Black Sea. The Canal has a width of 60 metres and a depth of 7 metres. The Northern arm has a length of 26.6 km, ...

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Black Sea: Encyclopedia - Black Sea Fleet

Black Sea Fleet (Russian: Черноморский флот) is a large sub-unit of the Russian (and formerly Soviet) Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the early 18th century. It is based in various harbours of Russia's Black Sea and Sea of Azov coast. The Fleet's main base is situated in the Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol. The continuing use of this base, more than a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been an occasional ...

Black Sea: Encyclopedia - Varna

This article is about a city in Bulgaria. See Varna (caste) for the Indian caste system. Varna (Bulgarian: Варна) is the third largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 350,000. It is the capital of Varna Province and an important port in the eastern part of the country, located on the Black Sea coast. It is referred to as the sea capital or the summer capital of Bulgaria. The city was named Stalin after the Soviet leader for a brief period from 1949 ...

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Black Sea: Encyclopedia - Crimea

total density urban 2,000,192 77/km 62.8% The Crimea /kraɪˈmia/ is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. It is home to the Crimean Tatars, who comprise thirteen percent of the population. The official name is Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Russian: Including:

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Black Sea: Encyclopedia - American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was the military side of the American Revolution. It was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and the United States of America. The war began largely as a colonial revolt against the economic policies of the British Empire, but eventually widened far beyond British North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering the war against Great Britain. Addition ...

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Black Sea: Encyclopedia II - Snake Island Black Sea - Population and Infrastructure

About 100 inhabitants live on the island, mostly frontier guard servicemen with their families, and technical personal. Since 2003 a permanent scientific expedition by Odessa National University has been located on the island. The island is currently demilitarized and is under rapid development. In accordance with 1997 Treaty between Romania and Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities withdrew an army radio division, demolishe ...

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