Caspian Sea is considered to be the world's largest lake and is situated between Europe and Asia. Has the area of 371 000 km (389 000 km ² bay Bogazici Kara Gol) and maximum depth of 1 026 m. It is located at - 27 m (2006) from the World Ocean.       Caspian Sea level and hence its surface is subjected to frequent fluctuations. Thus in the Caspian Sea in 1929 was 442 thousand km ² (more than the Black Sea) and was located at - 2...

  In 1870, a Kansas student read in the newspaper where he wrapped his food an article about a lake in the mountains of Oregon, surrounded by high stone walls between which there is a volcano. The article raised the interest of little William Gladstone Steel to Crater Lake, that will animate his life later on. He campaigned tirelessly for the protection of its efforts against human activities have resulted in 1902 when the crater lake became the fifth U.S. national park. ...