Black Sea

Why in news?

• Turkey has discovered its ‘biggest’ ever natural gas deposits in Black Sea.

About Black Sea:

• Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Western Asia.
• It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such as the Danube, Dnieper etc.
• Coastal countries: Bulgaria, Georgia , Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine.
• The Black Sea drains into the Mediterranean Sea, via the Aegean Sea.
• The Bosphorus Strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Which of the following countries does not have a coast on the Black Sea?
(a)Serbia
(b)Romania
(c)Ukraine
(d)Georgia

Answer to prelims question