In total there are 67 seas on our planet. How many seas washes Russia? Only thirteen, of which twelve are the seas of three oceans - the mighty representatives of the oceans, and one sea that is not connected with the waters of the oceans - the Caspian. But the length of the coastline of the seas of Russia is huge - it is 1.5 times more than the circumference of the Earth, if measured along the equatorial section, and is 60985 km. Let's take a closer look at which seas wash Russia.
Atlantic seasWhich seas wash Russia from the west and southwest? Three seas belonging to the Atlantic Ocean. And all of them are inland, protruding far into the land and having a connection with the ocean through the straits. In the north-west, the Baltic, in the south-west - the continental Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, communicating with each other through the Strait of Kerch. The Black Sea waters are connected with the waters of the Sea of Marmara by the Bosphorus Strait. The Sea of Marmara through the Dardanelles (there is such a strait) communicates with the Mediterranean Sea, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. Thus, the Black Sea waters are connected with the waters of the Atlantic.
Pacific seasWhich seas wash the shores of Russia in the east? Three marginal seas. The northernmost of them is Bering, the southern is Japanese, and between them Okhotsk. They are called marginal because they adjoin the land, and their bottom is a continuation of the mainland. Seas are connected directly to the Pacific Ocean.
Seas of the North CoastWhich seas wash Russia in the Far North? We list them from west to east: White, it connects with the Barents Strait . The Barents Sea is connected by the Kara Gate with the Kara Sea, the next - the Laptev Sea, then the East Siberian and Chukchi - all of them are marginal seas. And all of them, except the White, have only the southern coast. From Chukotsky to Beringovo you can get through the Bering Strait, which thus connects the two oceans and at the same time separates the two continents - Asia and America.
Caspian SeaThe Caspian is ranked among the seas, but in fact it is the largest lake on the planet. It holds 44% of the total volume of lake water on Earth. Once upon a time, the Caspian and Black Seas were one. In the historical annals of the planet in those days it was the Sarmatian Sea, which in the process of tectonic transformations in the earth's crust was divided into 2 parts. The most protruding into the land part became the Caspian Sea (the sea bed is made by the earth's crust according to the oceanic type), the other - the Black Sea.
What seas wash Russia - these are brief characteristics of their depths and water areas
| The names of the seas | Water area, sq. Km | Depth, m (maximum) |
| Atlantic pool |
| Azov | 38,000 | fourteen |
| Black | 413,000 | 2210 |
| Baltic | 386,000 | 460 |
| Pacific pool |
| Japanese | 978,000 | 3670 |
| Okhotsk | 1,590,000 | 3372 |
| Beringovo | 2 304 000 | 4773 |
| Okhotsk | 1,590,000 | 3373 |
Arctic Basin the ocean | | |
| Chukchi | 582,000 | 160 |
| Laptev | 650,000 | 2981 |
| East Siberian | 936,000 | 155 |
| White | 90,000 | 330 |
| Barentsovo | 1,405,000 | 600 |
| Kara | 883,000 | 610 |
| Inland Continental Sea |
| Caspian | 371,000 | 1025 |
The importance of the seas for Russia
The seas of Russia are of the most important strategic and military, fishing, commercial and recreational importance for the country. In some seas, oil and gas are produced. An oil pipeline between Turkey and Russia was laid at the bottom of the Black Sea (its length is 396 km).