Black Sea

[ blak see ]

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a sea between Europe and Asia, bordered by Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, and the Russian Federation. 164,000 sq. mi. (424,760 sq. km).

Black Sea

an inland sea between SE Europe and Asia: connected to the Aegean Sea by the Bosporus, the Sea of Marmara, and the Dardanelles, and to the Sea of Azov by the Kerch Strait. Area: about 415 000 sq km (160 000 sq miles) Ancient namesPontus EuxinusEuxine Sea

Black Sea

Sea between Europe and Asia , bordered on the north by Moldova and Ukraine , on the northeast by Russia , on the east by Georgia , on the south by Turkey , and on the west by Bulgaria and Romania . It receives many great rivers, including the Danube , the Dnieper, and by way of the Sea of Azov, the Don .

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It is a popular resort area for Russians and eastern Europeans.

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The precedent would be felt far beyond the Black Sea.

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Lithuania - a member of the Nato military alliance - also shares a border with Kaliningrad, a heavily militarised Russian exclave on the Black Sea.

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Russia then annexed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and backed insurgents in bloody fighting in eastern Ukraine.

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On Tuesday, Washington said the two sides had agreed to a limited truce in the Black Sea.

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On Tuesday the White House said the two sides had agreed to a limited truce in the Black Sea.

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