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Black Sea

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Bosporus The narrow strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and flows through Istanbul.
Crimean Peninsula The landmass jabbing into the northern Black Sea, home to Sevastopol and the site of a 2014 annexation.
Kerch Strait The strategic waterway that connects the Black Sea to the shallower Sea of Azov to the north.
Sea of Azov The shallowest sea in the world, located north of Crimea and connected to the Black Sea by the Kerch Strait.
Anoxic The term for the oxygen-depleted lower layers of the Black Sea where organic matter and shipwrecks are well-preserved.
Danube The major European river that forms a biodiverse delta and flows into the western coast of the Black Sea.
Sevastopol A major port city and naval base located on the southwestern tip of the Crimean Peninsula.
Montreux Convention The 1936 agreement that regulates the passage of naval warships through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles.
Empire of Trebizond The medieval successor state of the Byzantine Empire once centered on the Black Sea's southern shore.
Noah's Flood The biblical event that scientists Ryan and Pitman hypothesize was inspired by a rapid rise in Black Sea water levels.
Odessa A vital Ukrainian port city known as the "Pearl of the Black Sea," located on its northwestern shore.
Sochi The Russian resort city on the eastern Black Sea coast that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Pontic Alps The mountain range in northern Turkey that runs along the southern coast of the Black Sea.
Snake Island A small, strategically significant landmass in the northwestern Black Sea also known as Zmiinyi Island.
Dnieper The major river that flows through Ukraine and serves as one of the primary inflows into the northern Black Sea.
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