In total there are 67 seas on our planet.How many seas wash Russia? Only thirteen, twelve of them are the seas of three oceans - mighty representatives of the World Ocean, and one sea that is not connected with the waters of the World Ocean - the Caspian Sea. But the extent of the shoreline of the seas of Russia is enormous - it is more than 1.5 times the length of the Earth's circumference, if measured on the equatorial section, and is 60,985 km. We will become acquainted with the details of which seas wash Russia.
What seas wash Russia from the west and southwest?Three seas, belonging to the Atlantic Ocean. And all of them are intra-material, far reaching into the territory of the land and having a connection with the ocean through the straits. In the north-west of the Baltic, in the south-west - inland sea Black and Azov, communicating with each other Kerch Strait. The Black Sea waters are connected with the waters of the Marmara Sea by the Bosporus Strait. The Sea of Marmara through the Dardanelles (there is such a strait) communicates with the Mediterranean Sea, reaching the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. Thus, the Black Sea waters are connected with the waters of the Atlantic.
What seas wash the shores of Russia in the east?Three outlying seas. The northernmost is Bering, the southern one is Japanese, and between them is Okhotsk. They are called "outskirts" because they are adjacent to land, and their bottom is a continuation of the continent. With the waters of the Pacific, the seas are connected directly.
What seas wash Russia in the Far North?Let us list them from west to east: White, it joins the strait with the Barents. The Barents Sea is reported by the Kara Gulf Strait with the Kara Sea, the next is the Laptev Sea, then the East Siberian and Chukchi Sea - all of them are marginal seas. And all of them, except Bely, have only the southern shore. From Chukotsky to Beringovo you can get through the Bering Strait, which thus connects the two oceans and at the same time separates the two continents - Asia and America.
The Caspian is reckoned to the seas, but in fact it isthe lake, the largest on the planet, It holds 44% of the total lake water on the Earth. Long ago, the Caspian and Black Seas were one. In the historical annals of the planet in those days it was the Sarmatian Sea, which in the process of tectonic transformations in the earth's crust was divided into 2 parts. The most penetrating part of the land became the Caspian Sea (the bed of the sea was made of the oceanic type by the earth's crust), the other - by the Black Sea.
What seas wash Russia - these are the brief characteristics of their depths and water areas
| Names of the Seas | Area of water area, sq. Km | Depth, m (maximum) |
| Atlantic Basin | ||
| The Azov | 38 000 | 14 |
| Black | 413 000 | 2210 |
| The Baltic | 386 000 | 460 |
| The Pacific Basin | ||
| Japanese | 978 000 | 3670 |
| Okhotsk | 1 590 000 | 3372 |
| Beringovo | 2 304 000 | 4773 |
| Okhotsk | 1 590 000 | 3373 |
The Arctic Basin the ocean | ||
| Chukchi | 582 000 | 160 |
| Laptev | 650 000 | 2981 |
| East Siberian | 936 000 | 155 |
| White | 90 000 | 330 |
| Barentsevo | 1 405 000 | 600 |
| Kara | 883 000 | 610 |
| Inland Continental Bottomless Sea | ||
| Caspian | 371 000 | 1025 |
Importance of the seas for Russia
The seas of Russia have the most importantstrategic and military, fishery, trade and recreational significance. Some seas produce oil and gas. The oil pipeline between Turkey and Russia is laid on the bottom of the Black Sea (its length is 396 km).
