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AZOV, SEA OF

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AZOV, See also:SEA OF , an inland sea of See also:southern See also:Europe, communicating with the See also:Black Sea by the Strait of Yenikale, or See also:Kerch, the See also:ancient See also:Bosporus Cimnterius. To the See also:Romans it was known as the See also:Pal us Maeotis, from the name of the neighbouring See also:people, who called it in their native See also:language Temarenda, or See also:Mother of See also:Waters. It was See also:long supposed to possess See also:direct communication with the See also:Northern Ocean. In prehistoric times a connexion with the See also:Caspian Sea existed; but since the earliest See also:historical times no See also:great See also:change has taken See also:place in regard to the See also:character or relations of the Sea of Azov. It lies between 450 20' and 470 18' N. See also:lat;, and between 350 and 390 E. long., its length from See also:south-See also:west to See also:north-See also:east being 230 m., and its greatest breadth to. The See also:area runs to 14,515 sq. m. It generally freezes from See also:November to the See also:middle of See also:April. The See also:Don is its largest and, indeed, its only very important affluent. Near the mouth of that See also:river the See also:depth of the sea varies from 3 to to ft., and the greatest depth does not exceed 45 ft. Of See also:recent years, too, the level has been constantly dropping, for the See also:surface lies 44 ft. higher than the surface of the Black Sea. Fierce and continuous winds from the east prevail during See also:July and See also:August, and in the latter See also:part of the See also:year those from the north-east and south-east are not unusual; a great variety of currents is thus produced. The See also:water is for the most part comparatively fresh, but differs considerably in this respect according to locality and current.

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Fish are so abundant that the See also:Turks describe it as Baluk-deniz, or Fish Sea. To the west, separated from the See also:main See also:basin by the long narrow See also:sand-See also:spit of Arabat, See also:lie the remarkable lagoons and marshes known as the Sivash, or Putrid Sea; here the water is intensely See also:salt. The Sea of Azov is of great importance to See also:Russian See also:commerce; along its shores stand the cities of See also:Taganrog, See also:Berdyansk, See also:Mariupol and Yenikale.

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