The Caspian: Sea or Lake?

There's some confusion around the Caspian Sea, namely, is it actually a sea? Don't we usually call fully enclosed bodies of water, lakes? Hopefully this clears things up a little.

[lifesimulator]

Start of video: Is it a *lake* or a *sea*

End of video: Perhaps it's best to keep calling it an *OCEAN*

[than]

Is the Aral Sea a lake or a sea?
"It's just land."

[IndiBrony]

As a Brit, I think we should all just be civil about it, and to avoid any conflicts we should consider the whole thing as British waters.

[anandr]

The last part was a nice surprise. I never thought of the implications of what the Caspian was identified as.

[AllAboutEverythingTV]

Wow, this production quality is on-point, keep it up.

[kierancooke]

“The caspian sea is rich in both oil and natural resources”


*america has entered the chat*

[rogerwilco]

I think the saltiness is what made people think it's a sea.
The Dead Sea would be an even smaller example.

[vii]

I actually live between the Black and Caspian seas in the Stavropol region, and to this day you can find sea shells in your backyard even though there has been no sea for millions of years, pretty cool.

[ericgamble]

There’s a giant fact missing here! There is oceanic crust under the Caspian Sea!

[yourroyalhighness]

Excellent lesson. Like one of the kid’s on “South Park” used to say, “I’ve learned something today.”
Thank you.

[pekkakoskinen]

5:08 Isn't that the other way around? :v I've always thought that the lakes get to be divided whole between countries (e.g. the Great Lakes and the Bodensee) and that the seas must have the international waters further from the coastline (like the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean).

[stoutyyyy]

I think you have it the other way around. A lake would have equal borders, a sea has exclusive economic zones. I’m minoring in maritime law so I’m reasonably sure. Great vid tho.

[TheCutePyro]

5:01 Saying "Kazakhstan having the most coastline..." is a strange sentence.

[aaronmarks]

I really want to keep calling it a sea. There's something about having an inland sea that's just really cool and fascinating. It looks like a beautiful place, I'd love to visit it some day.

[griplimit]

Calling the Caspian sea a lake is like calling every land mass an island because technically they all are surrounded by water...

[chrlo_]

Just discoverede this channel and i'm addicted already.
Your works are treasure pal. Thanks for all.

[AtarahDerek]

The Caspian is a hybrid lake-sea. There is no such thing as a lake with an ocean basin. The Caspian's southern half is oceanic. Only the northern half actually has a continental basin. Since its basin is partially oceanic and its water is adequately salty, the Caspian should be officially considered a sea, even though it is geologically a hybrid.

[ryder]

The background music with the video genuinely made me love this channel more

[michaelpham]

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[polyrhythmia]

Just melt Antarctica icecap. Caspian once again part of ocean.