The largest territory in the world and the longest borders, the largest number of neighboring countries on the globe and the maximum possible number of climatic zones and time zones on the territory of one state is a record holder in the field of geography, the Russian Federation has another important statistical indicator. The answer to the question of which sea washes Russia can take a long time, even if you just list all the water bodies "responsible" for its borders.
A bit of geography
In short, from the north the country is washed by the Arctic Ocean; from the east - Quiet; in the south are the Azov, Black and Caspian Seas, and in the west - the Baltic, belonging to the Atlantic basin. A detailed listing of the entire list, which includes the seas of Russia, looks like this:
- The northern coast of the country is washed by the White, Barents, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi seas, if you start listing from the westernmost point and move east.
- The Pacific Ocean is represented off the coast of Russia by the Bering, Okhotsk and Japanese seas, if you follow from north to south.
- The Atlantic Ocean washes the Russian Federation through the Black and Azov Seas in the south and the Baltic - in the west.
- The Caspian Sea in the southern part of Russia does not belong to the ocean and is the largest closed lake on the planet. It is called the sea because of its enormous size: the area of the Caspian Sea exceeds 370 thousand square meters. km.
Beach vacation
From the point of view of organizing summer vacations, tourists are interested in what seas in Russia are suitable for a beach holiday. The most popular resorts in the country are located on the Black Sea in the Krasnodar Territory near the city of Sochi. Hotels and sports complexes have been built here, beaches have been equipped and cafes and restaurants have been opened. The infrastructure of the Big Sochi resort makes it possible to call the city the unofficial summer capital of Russia. Every year thousands of people come to the Black Sea coast near the Caucasian mountains who want to fully relax.
More than four hundred hotels, boarding houses, sanatoriums and tourist centers have been opened in the Greater Sochi area. Among them are inexpensive accommodation for unassuming tourists, and luxurious apartments designed for guests with a tight wallet and special requirements. Sochi's beaches stretch for more than 140 km, and a fourth of them are municipal ones with free admission and rental of the necessary equipment.
