Sea of Azov

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body of water inland sea

The Sea of Azov is a shallow inland sea in Eastern Europe connected to the Black Sea, bordered by Ukraine and Russia and known for its strategic and economic importance.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Sea of Azov basin 3
Azov Sea 2
Kerch Strait 1
Sivash 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
inland sea ⓘ
borderedBy Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
connectedBy Kerch ⓘ
surface form: Kerch Strait
connectedTo Black Sea ⓘ
drainedByRiver Don River ⓘ
Kuban River ⓘ
freezesIn winter in severe cold spells ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sea of Azov ⓘ
surface form: Azov Sea
hasArea about 39,000 square kilometers ⓘ
hasAverageDepth about 7 meters ⓘ
hasBasinCountry Russia ⓘ
Ukraine ⓘ
hasClimate continental climate influence ⓘ
hasCoastOn Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimea Peninsula
hasEcologicalIssue eutrophication risk ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
hasMajorUse fishing ⓘ
industrial transport ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 14 meters ⓘ
hasOutflow Kerch Strait ⓘ
hasPort Berdyansk ⓘ
Mariupol ⓘ
Rostov-on-Don ⓘ
Taganrog ⓘ
Yeysk ⓘ
hasSalinity low salinity ⓘ
hasSedimentSource Don River sediments ⓘ
Kuban River sediments ⓘ
hasStrategicFeature access route to Black Sea ⓘ
proximity to Kerch Strait Bridge ⓘ
hasTidalRange very small tides ⓘ
hasWaterType brackish water ⓘ
isKnownFor economic importance ⓘ
rich fisheries ⓘ
shallow waters ⓘ
strategic importance ⓘ
linkedTo Azov-Black Sea waterway system ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Europe ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
namedAfter city of Azov ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin
separatedBy Kerch Strait ⓘ
separatedFrom Black Sea ⓘ
wasSiteOf naval operations in Russo-Ukrainian conflict ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

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

Soviet Ukraine → accessTo → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Syvash → alsoKnownAs → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sivash
Ukrainian Navy → areaOfOperations → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Crimea → borderedBy → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Taman Peninsula → borderedBy → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Taurida Oblast → borderedBy → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Ukraine → borderingSea → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Krasnodar Krai → borders → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Southern Ukraine → borders → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Eastern Crimea → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Azov ⓘ
European Russia → bordersSea → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azov Sea
Volga River → connectedByCanalTo → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Black Sea → connectedTo → Sea of Azov ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sea
Syvash → connectedTo → Sea of Azov ⓘ
White Sea → connectedTo → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connects → Sea of Azov ⓘ
subject surface form: Kerch Strait
Volga–Don Canal → connects → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kerch Strait → connectsBodyOfWater → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kuban River → dischargeLocation → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kuban River → emptiesInto → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Don → flowsInto → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Sea of Azov → hasAlternativeName → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azov Sea
Eastern Crimea → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
southern Russia → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Russia
Taurida Oblast → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Crimea → hasStrait → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerch Strait
Black Sea → hasSubregion → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kerch → locatedNear → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Rostov-on-Don → locatedNear → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Berdyansk → locatedOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kingdom of the Bosporus → locatedOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Mariupol → locatedOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Taganrog → locatedOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Yeysk → locatedOn → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Syvash → locatedOnCoastOf → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Crimean Bridge → location → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Russo-Ukrainian War → location → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Don → mouth → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kuban River → mouth → Sea of Azov ⓘ
European seas → partOf → Sea of Azov ⓘ
Kuban River → partOf → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Azov basin
Syvash → partOf → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Azov basin
Don → riverSystem → Sea of Azov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Azov basin
Taman Peninsula → separates → Sea of Azov ⓘ