Courland Lagoon (Lithuania and Russia)
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Name (Hebrew)
הלגונה הקורונית (ליטא ורוסיה)
Name (Latin)
Courland Lagoon (Lithuania and Russia)
Other forms of name
nne Courland Lagoon (Lithuania and R.S.F.S.R.)
Kurisches Haff (Lithuania and Russia)
Kurland Lagoon (Lithuania and Russia)
Kurshskiĭ zaliv (Lithuania and Russia)
Kurshskiy zaliv (Lithuania and Russia)
Kuršių marios (Lithuania and Russia)
Kurskiĭ zaliv (Lithuania and Russia)
Kurskiy zaliv (Lithuania and Russia)
Coordinates
21.010556 21.010556 55.122778 55.122778 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Lagoons Lithuania
Lagoons Russia (Federation)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q5596
Library of congress:
sh 87007153
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Biogeokhimii͡a Kurshskogo zaliva, 1983.
- Lippincott:p. 458 (Courland Lagoon; Kuršių Marios)
- Web. geog.(Kurskiy Zaliv or Ger. Kurisches Haff or Eng. Courland Lagoon: inlet of Baltic Sea; S part in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, N part in Lithuania; formerly in East Prussia, Germany)
- LC database, Nov. 13, 1987(Courland Lagoon)
Wikipedia description:
The Curonian Lagoon (or Bay, Gulf; Prussian: Kursjanmari, Lithuanian: Kuršių marios, Russian: Куршский залив) is a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit. Its surface area is 1,619 square kilometers (625 sq mi). The Neman River (Lithuanian: Nemunas) supplies about 90% of its inflows; its watershed consists of about 100,450 square kilometres in Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast.
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