The world's largest lake is so vast that it's four times larger than its closest competitor and is often dubbed as a ...

Despite the influx of this freshwater, the Caspian Sea does not exhibit the low salinity levels characteristic of most freshwater lakes ... in relation to the world's largest inland body of ...

In the depths of Russia lies a lake that holds an impressive number of world records and is so deep that it could hold over ...

After the Caspian Sea, Iran’s Lake Urmia was once ... between the world’s highest commercially navigable lake and the world’s largest salt flat. Scientists have long suspected that Poopó ...

More about the Caspian Sea For those who don’t know, the Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water in the world. The sea is bordered by five countries, namely Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan ...

ALMATY, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan plans to seize limited number of rare and endangered fish species, as well as other aquatic animals from the Aral and Caspian Seas, for scientific research and ...

More than half of the world’s largest lakes and reservoirs are dwindling ... disasters in large water bodies like the Caspian Sea and the Aral Sea, signalled to researchers a wider crisis.

The water level of the Caspian Sea continues to drop, leading to a steady decrease in fish stocks. Once the world's fourth-largest lake by area, the Aral Sea has been shrinking rapidly since the ...