Sea
Black Sea
- Surface area
- 436,402 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Maximum depth
- 2,206 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Length
- 1,175 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Width
- 600 km
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Named after
- black
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 6 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Coastal provinces
- 15 provinces
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q166
Among the world's seas
Each line is every one of the seas in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area436,402 km²24th of 43 · median 470,000 km²
- Maximum depth2,206 m30th of 50 · median 2,970 m
- Length1,175 km5th of 10 · median 1,088 km
- Width600 km8th of 17 · median 580 km