Sea of Azov - Azovskoye more

Japanese: アゾフ海 - アゾフかい（英語表記）Azovskoye more

A shallow inland sea located north of the Black Sea. It spans southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia, and is surrounded by the Crimean Peninsula (Krym Peninsula) and the Kuban River Delta lowlands. It is connected to the Black Sea by the Kerch Strait and to Lake Sibash in the west by the Genichesk Strait. It is about 350 km long from west-southwest to east-northeast, about 150 km wide at the center, and has an area of 38,000 ^km2 . It is the shallowest sea in the world, with an average depth of 9 m and a maximum depth of about 14 m. It freezes over from the end of December to the end of February. The coastal currents that flow counterclockwise form characteristic sand spits on the east and north shores, and the long and narrow Cape Arabat on the west shore. The salinity of the seawater is low due to the inflow of the Don River, the Kuban River, the Mius River, and other rivers. The fishing industry is thriving, with sturgeon, pike, carp, mullet, and herring being the main catches, and the main fishing ports are Eysk and Temryuk in Russia on the east coast. Other major coastal ports include Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog in Russia, and Mariupol and Kerch in Ukraine.

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Japanese:

黒海の北に位置する浅い内海。ウクライナ南東部とロシア南西部にまたがり，クリミア半島（クルイム半島）とクバン川三角州低地に囲まれている。ケルチ海峡によって黒海と，またゲニチェスク海峡によって西方のシバシ湖とつながっている。西南西－東北東方向の長さ約 350km，中央部の南北幅が約 150km，面積3万 8000km²。平均水深 9m，最深部でも約 14mで，世界で最も浅い海である。 12月末～2月末は結氷。時計の針と逆方向に流れる沿岸流は東岸と北岸に特徴的な砂嘴を，また，西岸には細長いアラバト岬を形成している。海水の塩分濃度は，ドン川，クバン川，ミウス川などの流入により薄い。漁業が盛んで，チョウザメ，カワカマス，コイ，ボラ，ニシンなどが重要な漁獲であり，東岸のロシアのエイスクとテムリュクが主要漁港。沿岸主要港はロシアのロストフナドヌー，タガンログ，ウクライナのマリウーポリ，ケルチなど。

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