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 peculiar.
Seas of Russia: list
The largest country on the planet is connected with three oceans across 12 seas, both inland and marginal. One sea of Russia does not have a direct connection with the World Ocean (except for the connection through the Volga-Don canal) - this is the Caspian, which is closed.
Alphabetical list of seas washing Russia| Sea | Belonging to the ocean |
| Azov | to the atlantic ocean |
| Barentsovo | to the Arctic Ocean |
| Baltic | to the atlantic ocean |
| White | to the Arctic Ocean |
| Beringovo | to the Pacific |
| East Siberian | to the Arctic Ocean |
| Caspian | closed |
| Kara | to the Arctic Ocean |
| Laptev | to the Arctic Ocean |
| Okhotsk | to the Pacific |
| Black | to the atlantic ocean |
| Chukchi | to the Arctic Ocean |
| Japanese | to the Pacific |
Total - 13 seas.
Atlantic seas
Seas from the basin of the Atlantic Ocean beat against the western shores of Russia. From the north it is the Baltic Sea, in the south - the Azov and Black.
They are united by such features:
- they are all internal, that is, deeply continental;
- all of them are the final seas of the Atlantic, that is, east of them is either the waters of another ocean or land.
The coastline of Russia along the seas of the Atlantic is about 900 km. Baltic Sea concern the Leningrad and Kaliningrad regions. The Black and Azov Seas are washed by the shores of the Rostov Region, Krasnodar Territory and Crimea.
Arctic Ocean
Some seas of Russia (the list is given above) belong to the Arctic Ocean basin. 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 all year round. Thanks to the Atlantic current, the southwest 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, Arkhangelsk Region, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, Republic of Sakha, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.
Pacific seas
The list of seas washing the coast of Russia from the east and related to the Pacific Ocean is given below:
- Beringovo;
- Japanese
- Okhotsk.
The territories of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Magadan Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, Khabarovsk Territory, Sakhalin Oblast, and Primorsky Territory adjoin these seas.
Warm seas
Half of the Russian seas are covered with ice all year round. There are seas that are partially covered with ice crust for a certain period of time. The warm seas of Russia, the list of which is given below, do not freeze during the year. So, the warm seas of Russia include:
Seas of Russia: a list of unique seas
All geographic features of the Earth are special and interesting in their own way. On the territory of Russia there are objects that are unique and inimitable. 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 shows the characteristics of some of the seas of Russia in terms of their uniqueness.
List of seas washing Russia| Sea | Characteristic in terms of uniqueness |
| Azov | It is considered the most inland sea of the planet. Communication with the waters of the oceans occurs through four straits and four seas. With a depth of not more than 13.5 m, it is recognized as the shallowest sea on the planet. |
| Baltic | It is one of the most unsalted seas in the world. About 80% of amber in the world is mined here, which is why the sea was called Amber in ancient times. |
| Barentsovo | This is the westernmost sea of Russia among those located beyond the Arctic Circle. It is considered the cleanest sea of all that washed the shores of Europe. |
| White | The sea, which has a small area, is the second small sea of Russia after the Sea of Azov. Washes the land of the historical and cultural monument of Russia - the Solovetsky Islands. |
| Beringovo | The largest sea washing Russia. |
| East Siberian | Recognized as the coldest sea on the planet. |
| Caspian | The largest inland sea in the world. |
| Laptev | The remains of mammoths are regularly found on the islands of this sea. |
| Okhotsk | At the bottom of the sea found organisms that do not need the energy of the sun. |
| Black | The water mass of this sea is 87% lifeless due to the presence of a thick deep-sea layer of hydrogen sulfide, where only bacteria live. |
| Chukchi | The only sea of Russia along which the line of date change passes . |
| Japanese | The most southern, but not the hottest sea in Russia. Of all the seas of Russia, this one has the richest underwater world. |
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