Caspian Depression
Caspian Depression | |
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Caspian Depression and north Caspian Sea from space. NASA photo | |
| Coordinates: 47°32′N 49°00′E / 47.53°N 49°E | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq mi) |
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The Caspian Depression or the Caspian Lowland is a low-lying flatland region encompassing the northern part of the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed body of water on Earth. It is the larger northern part of the wider Aral–Caspian Depression around the Aral and Caspian Seas.
The level of the Caspian sea is 28 metres (92 ft) below sea level, however several areas in the depression are even lower, and among them Karagiye near Aktau is the lowest at −132 metres (−433 ft).