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- proper noun A very shallow sea bounded by
Russia ,Ukraine , and theCrimean peninsula , linked to theBlack Sea by theStrait of Kerch .
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- noun a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine
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The new center will be built at an old airfield near the town of Eisk on the Sea of Azov, which is separated from the Black Sea by the Kerch Strait between the Crimean and Taman peninsulas.
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The LME has a narrow continental shelf, except in the productive Sea of Azov.
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Increased salinity in the Sea of Azov, due to the reduction of freshwater inflow related to irrigation, appears to have affected species structure.
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The Bolsheviks meanwhile advanced into the Caucasus and took Baku (April 28), but Wrangel, starting from the region north of the Sea of Azov, began to overrun much of southern Russia (JuneNov.).
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Nomads known as the Sauromatians buried their dead here beginning ca. 600 B.C.; according to Herodotus the Sauromatians were descendants of the Amazons and the Scythians, who lived north of the Sea of Azov.
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Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a December
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Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a December 2003 framework agreement and ongoing expert-level discussions; Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away Transnistria Region, which remains under OSCE supervision; the ICJ gave Ukraine until
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Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov remains unresolved despite a December
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His chief novelties were the long river channel from the Sea of Azov to the North Sea, and the strait between South Africa and the shadowy Southern Continent.
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Kalka, a small river running into the Sea of Azov.
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