One of the most remote seas from the oceans is the Black Sea. It is located in the interior of the mainland and connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the straits. Along its shores are Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, Abkhazia, Turkey, Georgia. Which rivers flow into the Black Sea? Which countries are Black Sea? These issues are covered in the article.
Black Sea: Pool
This sea, like the Caspian, is surrounded by land on all sides. However, it cannot be called drainless: through the narrow Bosphorus Strait , water from the World Ocean enters it. The rivers carrying their waters into the Black Sea are so full-flowing that they make its level several meters higher than the level of the Atlantic, with which it is connected through the straits. As a result, another stream - desalinated - moves through the Bosphorus into the Sea of Marmara. About a quarter of Europe is washed by the waters of arteries that flow into the Black Sea. What rivers flow into it? Extensive and great. They extend to an area five times the size of the sea itself. The largest fresh arteries in Europe have a great impact on the fauna and flora near the mouths. Water, two times more fresh than oceanic, does not allow many marine animals to inhabit the Black Sea. However, its phytoplankton is abundant and ubiquitous.
The largest river in the Black Sea basin
What rivers flow into the Black Sea? This is a powerful and formidable Danube, praised by the people of the Dnieper, the winding and meek Dniester, the calm South Bug, the seething Rioni and other rivers. About a hundred fresh arteries, large and small, bring their waters to the Black Sea.
The deepest river is the Danube.
It is the largest in the EU - originates in Germany, flows through the lands of ten states and flows into the Black Sea on the border of Romania and Ukraine. What rivers flow into the Danube? Small, aspiring from the Alpine and
Carpathian mountains, collecting water from the European plains: Tisza, Sava, Prut, Vag and some others. The Danube is washed by the shores of several European capitals: Belgrade, Budapest, Vienna, Bratislava. The Danube is unique and interesting in that some of it flows underground - it is three dozen kilometers from the source. The largest key here is Aakhsky, through which there is a connection with another large European river - the Rhine.
Dnieper and Dniester
What other major rivers flow into the Black Sea? It is impossible not to note the majestic Dnieper, which also flows into it. This is the second largest river in the Black Sea: its length from the source in the northern part of the Valdai Upland to the mouth of the Dnieper Estuary is over 2200 km. The Dnieper flows through the territory of three states: Belarus, Russia and Ukraine.
The source is located in Russia, in the Smolensk region, the mouth is in the Kherson region of Ukraine. In Slavic chronicles, this is the most common name. On its shores Russia was formed. The first mention of it is found in ancient Greek sources of the 5th century BC. e. Now the largest city standing on this river is Kiev. The Dnieper also flows into the
city landscape of Smolensk, Mogilev, Kremenchug, Dnepropetrovsk and Kherson, from which it holds the path to the Black Sea. What rivers flow into the Dnieper? It has about 25 tributaries, the largest of which are Desna, Berezina, Pripyat, Sozh.
It is worth mentioning another river that carries its waters to the Black Sea. This is the Dniester. It holds the way from the Eastern Carpathians to the Dniester estuary. The river crosses the territory of two states - Ukraine and Moldova. The Dniester Delta is under the protection of the Ramsar Convention. This is due to the fact that many rare plants grow on its shores. The waters of the Dniester are washed by the territories of such cities as Tiraspol, Khotin, Soroki and others. Its right tributary, the Byk River, flows through the capital of Moldova - Chisinau.
Russian rivers of the Black Sea
One can definitely answer the question of which rivers of Russia flow into the Black Sea: they are all mountainous, since the Black Sea coast of the country is mostly mountainous. They are small, the length rarely exceeds 100 km. The most famous of them are Mzymta, Matsesta, Ashe, Psou and others.
The mountain rivers of the Caucasus have a rapid and turbulent course. Mzymta has the longest length: it originates high in the Caucasus Mountains and flows near the Adler into the Black Sea. What rivers flow into the Black Sea along the coast of Crimea? These are arteries of a completely different nature. Many
reservoirs of the Crimean peninsula dry out during the summer period. For example, Samarli and Tobe-Chokrak. One of the most full-flowing is
the Belbek River, which flows into the Black Sea a few kilometers from Sevastopol.