Caspian Sea
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| Area | 371000 |
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| Max. depth | 1,025 m (3,360 ft) |
| Countries | Iran |
| Russia | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| Turkmenistan | |
| Fish | Wels catfish |
| Brown trout | |
| Caspian kutum | |
| Rudd | |
| Inflow source | Volga River |
| Ural River | |
| Terek River | |
| Kura | |
| Did you know | The Caspian Sea faces many human pressures and ecological changes, so urgent conservation measures are needed to prevent the disappearance of this key component of the Caspian ecosystem. |
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| ID | 895241 |
About Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. It is an endorheic basin located between Europe and Asia, to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the broad steppe of Central Asia.
Dozens killed in fire at Iranian drug rehab centre
... The blaze erupted early on Friday in Langarud, a city in the Caspian Sea province of Gilan north of Tehran...
Anti-Israel mob reportedly storms Dagestan airport
... 1m people on the western edge of the Caspian Sea - said a criminal case had been opened for civil disorder...
At least 12 die in inferno at petrol station in southern Russia
... The incident occurred in the city of Makhachkala, which sits on the coast of the Caspian Sea, on Monday evening...
Ukraine says it downed Russian cruise missiles aimed at Kyiv
... He said he believed the missiles had been launched from four bombers flying from the Caspian Sea region...
Russia: Bodies of 2,500 seals found along Caspian Sea coast
...About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials say...
Iran protests escalate as crackdown continues
... Other cities, such as Andimeshk and Borujerd in the west, and Lahijan, near the Caspian Sea in the north, also saw a resurgence of protests...
Missile strike on Ukraine space plant in Dnipro kills three
... Those that struck Dnipro, they said, came from bombers flying over the Caspian Sea...
Ukraine war: Zelensky to address G7 as Russian missiles hit cities
... Some missiles were launched from Tupolev bombers over the Caspian Sea, some 1,450km (900 miles) away, Ukraine s military said...
Dozens killed in fire at Iranian drug rehab centre
At least 32 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a drug rehabilitation centre in northern Iran, authorities have said.
The Blaze erupted early on Friday in Langarud, a city in the Caspian Sea province of Gilan north of Tehran.
Esmail Sadeghi, a provincial Chief Justice , told local media that 16 others were taken to hospital.
Iran imposes a death penalty on repeat drug smugglers and dealers but runs a series of rehab programmes for addicts.
The Cause of The Fire was not immediately clear but Mr Sadeghi said an investigation " was under way" according to local reports. The centre accommodated up to 40 people.
Isna, a semi-official Iranian news agency, shared footage of The Fire which lit up the sky and sent huge plumes of smoke into the air.
Other images showed the heavily damaged site after The Fire was contained.
Iran is estimated to have The World 's highest per-capita number of opioid addicts and sits on a major smuggling route for opium grown in Afghanistan.
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime's world drug report this year said that Iran made 47% of the global heroin and morphine seizures originating from Afghanistan during 2020.
Amnesty International said in a June report that Iran had executed at least 173 people convicted of drug-related offences this year after " systematically unfair trials".
The figure was nearly Three Times More Than This Time Last Year , the rights group added.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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