Published 12.03.2021 The Caspian Sea shelf is on average limited to depths of about 100 m. The continental slope, which begins below the shelf edge, ends in the middle part at approximately 500 - 600 m, in the southern part, where it is very steep, at 700-750 m
. RSE "Kazhydromet" makes a weekly forecast of the level of the Caspian Sea. In the Middle Caspian Sea, sea level fluctuation is expected to be around minus 28.34 m, with a rise to a maximum of minus 28.02 m and a decline to a minimum of minus 28.80 m.
The calculated characteristics were obtained using the MIKE 21 hydrodynamic module of the Danish Hydraulic Institute, adapted in the RSE "Kazhydromet" to the conditions of the Caspian Sea. The calculation used data from sea level observations and a numerical forecast of the baric field for 24-120 hours.
The actual state of the water surface of the Caspian Sea for the period from March 04-10, 2021 corresponds to the previous weekly forecast. The visual coastline of the largest closed reservoir is shown in the satellite image for March 8, 2021. A snapshot of the NASA project.
All information on the Caspian Sea is available on the website of RSE "Kazhydromet" https://www.kazhydromet.kz/kaspiyskoe-more/ezhenedelnyy-obzor-sostoyaniya-poverhnosti-kaspiyskogo-morya.