Black Sea
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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.
Aliases (4)
- Black Sea region ×18
- Black Sea basin ×12
- The Black Sea ×2
- Black Sea (historically) ×1
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 (237)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
subject surface form: "Kolkheti National Park"
subject surface form: "Southern Russia"
subject surface form: "Southwestern Crimea"
subject surface form: "Western Georgia"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
subject surface form: "Sea of Azov"
subject surface form: "Bosporus"
subject surface form: "Kerch Strait"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
subject surface form: "Danube Delta"
subject surface form: "Eastern Front (World War I)"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
subject surface form: "Southern Russia"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
subject surface form: "Port of Novorossiysk"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea (historically)"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "The Black Sea"
this entity surface form: "The Black Sea"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea region"
this entity surface form: "Black Sea basin"