Turkey is a state located in both Europe (Eastern Thrace region) and Asia (southwestern territories). The date of its formation is 1923, when the Ottoman Empire was divided after the defeat during the hostilities of the First World War. Currently, Turkey is a favorite vacation spot for Russian tourists who value beach holidays. So what seas are the territory of this country washed by?
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The first of these is the Black Sea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean basin. Through the Bosphorus Strait, it connects with the Sea of Marmara, and through the Dardanelles Strait - with the Aegean and Mediterranean. It is along the water of the Black Sea that the border between Europe and Asia Minor passes. The area of the Black Sea is 422 thousand square kilometers, and its greatest depth is 2, 21 thousand meters. In addition to Turkey, salt waters also wash the shores of Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia and Abkhazia.
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The second - the Mediterranean - is connected through its western part with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. Its name, translated from Latin, means “sea in the middle of the earth”. Geographers also share the main parts of the Mediterranean Sea - Alboran, as well as the mini-seas Balearic, Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean, Cretan, Libyan, Cyprus and Levant. Its area is 2, 5 thousand square kilometers, and the maximum depth is 5, 12 thousand meters.
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Another sea washing the Turkish shores is the Aegean, which is part of the Mediterranean. It is located between the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and the famous island of Crete. In addition to Turkey, the inhabitants of Greece also have access to the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea connects with the Black Sea through the Bosphorus Strait, through the Dardanelles - with the Sea of Marmara. Its area is 179 thousand square meters, and the largest islands of the sea are Evia, Crete, Lesvos and Rhodes. The prevailing depth of the Aegean Sea is 0, 2-1 thousand meters, and the maximum recorded depth is 2, 52 meters in the southern part.
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And the last sea, to which the borders of Turkey go, is the Marmara Sea, which got its name thanks to the large-scale development of white marble. It is also considered the inland sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the two parts of Turkey - European and Asia Minor. The Sea of Marmara has an elongated shape for a length of 280 kilometers with a maximum width of 80 kilometers. The area of the sea is 11.47 square kilometers, and the maximum depth is 1.35 meters. From the Asian side, the deep rivers Granik and Susurluk flow into Mramornoe, and the largest islands are Marmara and Prinsevy, located in the northern part.
