Environment of Azerbaijan
The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres (18,761 mi³). It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between Asia and Europe. It has a maximum depth of about . It is called a sea because when the Romans discovered it they tasted the water and found it to be salty. It has a salinity of approximately 1.2 percent, about a third the salinity of sea water.
2002 Tbilisi earthquake
The Greater Caucasus occupy the region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and includes Aremenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the Russian Caucasus. This mountainous region has been forced northward and upward as a result of the Arabian Plate colliding with the Eurasian Plate.