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AZOV, SEA OF

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 85 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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AZOV, SEA OF , an inland sea of southern Europe, communicating with the Black Sea by the Strait of Yenikale, or

Kerch

KERCH, or KERTCH

, the ancient Bosporus Cimnterius. To the Romans it was known as the Pal us Maeotis, from the name of the neighbouring people, who called it in their native language Temarenda, or

Mother

MOTHER

of Waters. It was

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

supposed to possess direct communication with the Northern Ocean. In prehistoric times a connexion with the Caspian Sea existed; but since the earliest historical times no

great

GREAT

change

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

has taken place in regard to the character or relations of the Sea of

Azov

AZOV
AZOV, SEA OF

. It lies between 450 20' and 470 18' N. lat;, and between 350 and 390 E.

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

., its length from

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-west to north-

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

being 230 m., and its greatest breadth to. The area runs to 14,515 sq. m. It generally freezes from November to the middle of April. The Don is its largest and, indeed, its only very important affluent. Near the mouth of that river the depth of the sea varies from 3 to to ft., and the greatest depth does not exceed 45 ft. Of

recent

RECENT

years, too, the level has been constantly dropping, for the surface lies 44 ft. higher than the surface of the Black Sea. Fierce and continuous winds from the

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

prevail during July and August, and in the latter

part

PART

of the year those from the north-east and

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-east are not unusual; a

great

GREAT

variety of currents is thus produced. The water is for the most

part

PART

comparatively fresh, but differs considerably in this respect according to locality and current. Fish are so abundant that the Turks describe it as Baluk-deniz, or Fish Sea. To the west, separated from the main basin by the long narrow sand-spit of Arabat, lie the remarkable lagoons and marshes known as the Sivash, or Putrid Sea; here the water is intensely salt. The Sea of

Azov

AZOV
AZOV, SEA OF

is of great importance to Russian commerce; along its shores stand the cities of Taganrog, Berdyansk, Mariupol and Yenikale.

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