Black Sea
This article is about the body of water. For other uses, see Black Sea (disambiguation). Black Sea Coordinates 44°N 35°E / 44°N 35°E / 44; 35 Coordinates: 44°N 35°E / 44°N 35°E / 44; 35 Type Sea Primary inflows Danube, Dnieper, Southern Bug, Dniester, Don, Kuban, Rioni, Kızılırmak Primary outflows Bosphorus Basin countries Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine Max. length 1,175 km (730 mi) Surface area 436,402 km 2 (168,500 sq mi) Average depth 1,253 m (4,111 ft) Max. depth 2,212 m (7,257 ft) Water volume 547,000 km 3 (131,200 cu mi) Islands 10+ Black Sea coast of western Georgia, with the skyline of Batumi on the horizon Swallow's Nest in Crimea A health resort in Sochi, Russia The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia. [1] It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such...