Euxine in the context of "Veleka"

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⭐ Core Definition: Euxine

The Black Sea is a marginal sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Black Sea is supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Dniester. Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe.

The Black Sea, not including the Sea of Azov, covers 436,400 km (168,500 sq mi), has a maximum depth of 2,212 m (7,257 ft), and a volume of 547,000 km (131,000 cu mi).Most of its coasts ascend rapidly.These rises are the Pontic Mountains to the south, bar the southwest-facing peninsulas, the Caucasus Mountains to the east, and the Crimean Mountains to the mid-north.In the west, the coast is generally small floodplains below foothills such as the Strandzha; Cape Emine, a dwindling of the east end of the Balkan Mountains; and the Dobruja Plateau considerably farther north. The longest east–west extent is about 1,175 km (730 mi). Important cities along the coast include (clockwise from the Bosporus) the northern suburbs of Istanbul, Burgas, Varna, Constanța, Odesa, Yalta, Kerch, Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, Sochi, Poti, Batumi, Rize, Trabzon, Ordu, Simferopol, Samsun and Zonguldak.

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Euxine in the context of Sangarios River

The Sakarya (Turkish: Sakarya Nehri; Hittite: 𒀀𒇉𒊭𒄭𒊑𒅀, romanized: Šaḫiriya; Greek: Σαγγάριος, romanized: Sangarios; Latin: Sangarius) is the third longest river in Turkey. It runs through the region known in ancient times as Phrygia. It was considered one of the principal rivers of Asia Minor (Anatolia) in Greek classical antiquity, and is mentioned in the Iliad and in Theogony. Its name appears in different forms as Sagraphos, Sangaris, or Sagaris.

In Geographica, Strabo wrote during classical antiquity that the river had its sources on Mount Adoreus, near the town of Sangia in Phrygia, not far from the border with Galatia, and flowed in a very tortuous course: first in an eastern direction, then toward the north, then in a northwesterly direction and finally to the north through Bithynia into the Euxine (Black Sea).

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Sangarios River ← Sakarya River
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Veleka → Longshore drift → Sediment → Shoreline → Spit (landform) → Sinemorets → Georgia (country) → Batumi → Swallow's Nest → Crimea → Samsun → Turkey → Sanatorium (resort) → Sochi → Marginal sea → Europe → Asia → Balkans → East European Plain → Caucasus → Anatolia → Bulgaria → Romania → Russia → Ukraine → Inflow (hydrology) → Danube → Dnieper → Dniester → Drainage basin → Sea of Azov → Pontic Mountains → Caucasus Mountains → Crimean Mountains → Floodplain → Strandzha → Cape Emine → Balkan Mountains → Dobruja Plateau → Bosporus → Istanbul → Burgas → Varna, Bulgaria → Constanța → Odesa → Yalta → Kerch → Yevpatoria → Sevastopol → Novorossiysk → Poti → Rize → Trabzon → Ordu → Simferopol → Zonguldak →