Caspian lowland

E876089

geographical region lowland plain

The Caspian lowland is a vast, low-lying plain surrounding the northern and northeastern shores of the Caspian Sea, characterized by arid steppe and semi-desert landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Caspian Lowland	1
Caspian Sea coastal plain	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ lowland ⓘ plain ⓘ
biome	cold desert ⓘ temperate grassland ⓘ
borderedBy	Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga Upland NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Azerbaijan ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Russia ⓘ
drainage	endorheic basin ⓘ
drainedBy	Kura River NERFINISHED ⓘ Terek River NERFINISHED ⓘ Ural River NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga River NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevation	below sea level in some areas ⓘ generally low-lying ⓘ
geologicalOrigin	former marine basin ⓘ tectonic depression ⓘ
hasFeature	playas ⓘ salt pans ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
humanActivity	irrigated agriculture ⓘ oil and gas extraction ⓘ
landscape	desert ⓘ semi-desert ⓘ steppe ⓘ
locatedOn	northeastern shore of the Caspian Sea ⓘ northern shore of the Caspian Sea ⓘ
naturalResource	natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ salt ⓘ
partOf	Caspian Sea basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurasian steppe zone ⓘ
regionOf	Northeastern Caspian NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Caspian NERFINISHED ⓘ
seaLevelRelation	below global ocean level in many areas ⓘ
soilType	saline soils ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ
subjectTo	desertification risk ⓘ soil salinization ⓘ
usedFor	extensive grazing ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
vegetation	dry steppe grasses ⓘ semi-desert shrubs ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Atyrau → locatedInDesertRegion → Caspian lowland ⓘ

Elburz Mountains → separates → Caspian lowland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caspian Sea coastal plain

Akhtubinsk → locatedInDesertOrSteppeRegion → Caspian lowland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caspian Lowland