Volga Delta

E53215

geographical region river delta wetland

The Volga Delta is the vast, marshy river delta where the Volga River empties into the Caspian Sea, forming one of Europe’s largest and most biodiverse wetland regions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Volga River delta	5
Volga Delta canonical	2
Volga River channels of the Volga delta	1
Volga River estuary	1
Volga–Akhtuba floodplain	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ river delta ⓘ wetland ⓘ
biodiversityStatus	one of Europe’s most biodiverse wetlands ⓘ
contains	Astrakhan Nature Reserve ⓘ backwaters ⓘ islands ⓘ lagoons ⓘ numerous channels ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
ecosystemType	floodplain forest ⓘ marsh ⓘ reed beds ⓘ shallow lakes ⓘ
emptiesInto	Caspian Sea ⓘ
hasClimate	continental climate ⓘ semi-arid climate influences ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	fishing industry ⓘ shipping and navigation ⓘ tourism and ecotourism ⓘ
hasHydrology	multiple distributary channels ⓘ seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasMouthLocation	Caspian Sea northern shore ⓘ
importance	important bird area ⓘ important fish spawning ground ⓘ important for migratory waterfowl ⓘ
knownFor	bird migration stopover ⓘ fishing grounds ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ large wetland area ⓘ
locatedIn	Astrakhan Oblast ⓘ Russia ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere	Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
majorCityNearby	Astrakhan ⓘ
partOf	Caspian Sea region ⓘ surface form: Caspian Sea basin Volga River ⓘ surface form: Volga River basin
protectedAreaStatus	partly protected ⓘ
region	Volga region ⓘ surface form: Lower Volga region
regionType	deltaic plain ⓘ
river	Volga River ⓘ
sea	Caspian Sea ⓘ
threat	habitat degradation ⓘ overfishing ⓘ pollution ⓘ water regulation and dams upstream ⓘ
waterBodyTypeAtMouth	endorheic sea ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Volga River → hasPart → Volga Delta ⓘ

Volgograd Oblast → contains → Volga Delta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volga–Akhtuba floodplain

Astrakhan Oblast → hasFeature → Volga Delta ⓘ