Vital Caspian Graphics 2

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Caspian coastline

vulnerable to flooding

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Atyrau

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E

Atyrau Town and Ural River delta

Astrakhan

Western Kazakh coast

Tengiz oil field

Volga delta

RUSSIA

Lagan region

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1

RUSSIA

Atyrau

Astrakhan

Terek River delta

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Aktau

Aktau

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KAZAKHSTAN

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KAZAKHSTAN

Makhachkala

Makhachkala

Potential inundated areas if water level rises:

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4

+5 metres +2 metres +1 metre Reference level (-27 metres) Vulnerable area in case of flooding

AZERBAIJAN

TURKMENISTAN

0 50 100 km

0 50 100 km

Baku

Turkmenbashi

3

4

5

Qobustan

Rasht

Source: Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis for the Caspian Sea , Caspian Environment Programme, 2002.

Xacmas-Divichi

IRAN

Gorgan

Kara Bogaz Gol

Sumgait

Apsheron Peninsula

AZERBAIJAN

5

Turkmenbashi

Baku

TURKMENISTAN

Qobustan

TURKMENISTAN

Khazar Peninsula

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r a

Khazar

Anzali

Safid Rud delta

Rasht

Kura River Delta

Ramsar

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R u

a f i d

IRAN

S

Ekerem-Esenguli

Lenkaran

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50

100 km

0

50

100 km

0 50 100 km

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