NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE DENSITY CURRENTS IN THECASPIAN SEA

The Caspian Sea with an area of about 364,000 km2 is the largest enclosed water body in theworld. It is surrounded by the five countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran andAzerbaijan. It is 1300 km long and its width varies between 160 and 450 km. The deepest waterdepth of the Caspian Sea is about 1000 m.The physical oceanographic characteristics of thisbasin are of the great importance, particularly for Iran which has more than 800 km coastline andsignificant natural resources at the sea.

کلیدواژه ها:

Salinity ، Water temperature ، Caspian Sea ، density change