Black Sea

E7745
body of water inland sea marginal sea

The Black Sea is a large inland sea between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, bordered by countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania, and connected to the Mediterranean through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Black Sea canonical 646
Black Sea region 18
Black Sea basin 12

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
inland sea ⓘ
marginal sea ⓘ
area approximately 436,000 square kilometers ⓘ
averageDepth approximately 1,253 meters ⓘ
basinCountry Moldova ⓘ
borderedByCountry Bulgaria ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
climate temperate ⓘ
connectedByStrait Kerch ⓘ
surface form: Kerch Strait
connectedTo Aegean Sea ⓘ
Bosporus ⓘ
Dardanelles ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sea of Azov ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
geologicalOrigin remnant of the ancient Paratethys Sea ⓘ
hasCharacteristic anoxic deep waters ⓘ
high hydrogen sulfide concentration in deep layers ⓘ
limited water exchange with the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue eutrophication ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
pollution from rivers and coastal industry ⓘ
hasIsland Berezan Island ⓘ
Snake Island ⓘ
St. Anastasia Island ⓘ
hasMajorPort Batumi ⓘ
Burgas ⓘ
Constanța ⓘ
Novorossiysk ⓘ
Odesa ⓘ
surface form: Odessa

Samsun ⓘ
Sevastopol ⓘ
Trabzon ⓘ
Varna ⓘ
hasSubregion Sea of Azov ⓘ
knownFor important shipping routes ⓘ
significant fisheries ⓘ
tourism along its coasts ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 2,212 meters ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
receivesRiver Danube ⓘ
Dnieper ⓘ
Dniester ⓘ
Don ⓘ
Rioni ⓘ
salinity lower than average ocean salinity ⓘ

Referenced by (690)

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

Livadia Palace → overlooks → Black Sea ⓘ
Crimea → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Europe → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea → connectedTo → Black Sea ⓘ
Turkey → coastOn → Black Sea ⓘ
Livadia → hasSea → Black Sea ⓘ
Livadia → hasCoastline → Black Sea ⓘ
Asia → bordersSea → Black Sea ⓘ
Caucasus → locatedBetween → Black Sea ⓘ
Caucasus → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Middle East → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → navalPower → Black Sea ⓘ
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) → locatedOn → Black Sea ⓘ
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) → isMajorPortOn → Black Sea ⓘ
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Russian Black Sea Fleet → operatesIn → Black Sea ⓘ
Russian Black Sea Fleet → areaOfResponsibility → Black Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea region
Balkans → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Crimean War → location → Black Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea region
Istanbul → locatedNear → Black Sea ⓘ
Yalta → locatedOnCoastOf → Black Sea ⓘ
Russian Empire → navalAccess → Black Sea ⓘ
Crimean Khanate → locatedIn → Black Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black Sea region
Crimean Khanate → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Caucasus Viceroyalty → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Laz people → associatedSea → Black Sea ⓘ
Eastern Europe → hasSeaCoastOn → Black Sea ⓘ
Romania → hasCoastOn → Black Sea ⓘ
Eurasia → hasConventionalBoundaryBetweenParts → Black Sea ⓘ
Volga River → connectedByCanalTo → Black Sea ⓘ
Sea of Azov → connectedTo → Black Sea ⓘ
Sea of Azov → separatedFrom → Black Sea ⓘ
Russia → bordersSea → Black Sea ⓘ
Asia Minor → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Bulgaria → hasCoastOn → Black Sea ⓘ
European Russia → bordersSea → Black Sea ⓘ
Yalta Municipality → borderedBy → Black Sea ⓘ
Isthmus of Perekop → separates → Black Sea ⓘ
Isthmus of Perekop → hasWaterBodyOnWest → Black Sea ⓘ
Aegean Sea → connectedTo → Black Sea ⓘ
Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connectedTo → Black Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Sea of Azov
Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connects → Black Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Kerch Strait
Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connects → Black Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Bosporus
Feodosia → locatedOn → Black Sea ⓘ
Danube → mouthLocation → Black Sea ⓘ
Danube → connectedToSea → Black Sea ⓘ
Livadia Park → overlooks → Black Sea ⓘ
Livadia Park → hasView → Black Sea ⓘ
Kerch → locatedNear → Black Sea ⓘ
Eupatoria → locatedOnCoastOf → Black Sea ⓘ