Seas of Russia: list in alphabetical order

The territory of the Russian Federation is washed by three oceans. All the seas of Russia, the list of which is given in the text of the article, are interesting and special in their own way. All of them are unique and original.

Sea of Russia: List

The largest country on the planet is connected with three oceans through 12 seas, both internal and marginal. One sea of Russia has no direct connection with the World Ocean (except for the connection through the Volga-Don Canal) - this is the Caspian Sea, which is without drainage.

Total - 13 seas.

Atlantic Seas

The seas from the Atlantic Ocean basin are fighting against the western shores of Russia. From the north it is the Baltic Sea, in the south - the Azov and the Black. They are united by such features:

• All of them are internal, that is, deeply continental;
• All of them - the final seas of the Atlantic, that is, east of them, or the waters of another ocean, or land.

The coastline of Russia along the Atlantic seas is about 900 km. The Baltic Sea area covers the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions. The Black and Azov Seas wash the shores of the Rostov Region, the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea.

Sea of the Arctic Ocean

Some of the seas of Russia (listed above) belong to the basin of the Arctic Ocean. There are six of them: five of them are marginal (Chukchi, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, Barents) and one internal (White). Almost all of them are covered with ice throughout the year. Due to the Atlantic current the south-west of the Barents Sea does not freeze . The waters of the Arctic Ocean reach the territory of such subjects of Russia as the Murmansk Region, the Arkhangelsk Region, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District, the Taimyr Autonomous District, the Republic of Sakha, the Chukotka Autonomous District.

Sea of the Pacific

The list of the seas washing the shores of Russia from the east and relating to the Pacific Ocean is given below:

• Beringovo;
• Japanese;
• The Okhotsk.

To the seas adjoins the territories of Chukotka Autonomous District, Magadan Region, Kamchatka Region, Khabarovsk Territory, Sakhalin Region, Primorsky Territory.

Warm seas

Half of the Russian seas all year round are covered with ice. There are seas that are partially covered by ice crust for a certain period of time. The warm seas of Russia, listed below, do not freeze during the year. So, to the warm seas of Russia are:

• Black;
• The Caspian;
• The Azov.
  

Sea of Russia: a list of unique seas

All geographical objects of the Earth are special and interesting in their own way. On the territory of Russia there are objects that are unique and unrepeatable. Of course, this is Lake Baikal, Volga, Kamchatka geysers, Kuril Islands and much more. The seas of Russia are also exceptional, the list of which is given below. The table presents a description of some of the seas of Russia from the point of view of their uniqueness.

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