Black Sea

sea between Europe and Asia

Place adjacent_sea Q166

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Summary

Black Sea is an adjacent sea^[1]. It draws 55,820 Wikipedia views per month (adjacent sea category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

Country: Bulgaria^[3], Russia^[4], Ukraine^[5], Romania^[6], Turkey^[7], Georgia^[8], Republic of Abkhazia^[9], Russian Empire^[10], Soviet Union^[11]
Shares border with: Autonomous Republic of Crimea^[12], Bulgaria^[13]
Named after: black^[14]
Inflows: Çoruh River^[15], Danube^[16], Filyos Brook^[17], Enguri^[18], Kızılırmak River^[19], Kamchiya^[20], Kodori River^[21], Rioni^[22], Sakarya River^[23], Southern Bug^[24], Yeşilırmak River^[25], Bartın River^[26], Bzyb River^[27], Chilia branch^[28]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Black Sea include Black Sea Region^[29], a region of Turkey^[30], in Turkey^[31], founded in 1941^[32]; Chornomorsk^[33], a city in Ukraine^[34], in Ukraine^[35], founded in 1952^[36]; it undersea river^[37], an ocean current^[38], in Turkey^[39]; Black Sea Games^[40], a recurring sporting event^[41], in Turkey^[42], founded in 2007^[43]; Veronica euxina^[44], a taxon^[45]; and Silene euxina^[46], a taxon^[47].

Why It Matters

Black Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[48] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[49]

Entities named for it include Black Sea Region^[29], a region of Turkey^[30], in Turkey^[31], founded in 1941^[32]; Chornomorsk^[33], a city in Ukraine^[34], in Ukraine^[35], founded in 1952^[36]; it undersea river^[37], an ocean current^[38], in Turkey^[39]; Black Sea Games^[40], a recurring sporting event^[41], in Turkey^[42], founded in 2007^[43]; Veronica euxina^[44], a taxon^[45]; and Silene euxina^[46], a taxon^[47].

⭐ Popularity Graph

50/100 established

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240 / 427 langs top 0.1%

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 1659h

55.8K/mo 181K/yr

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served-tier precision 80.7% [76.2, 84.5] · rated rows currently served n=342 · entailment-gated at 0.85 · measured 2026-09-29 · re-scored every 10 min, demoted at the half-hourly fold

Located in the administrative territorial entity Russia emerging0.87confirmed4 independent sources

evidence “Grain piles up in Russia as Black Sea disruptions threaten farmers’ incomes” news.az · read source

Located in the administrative territorial entity Romania emerging0.83confirmed3 independent sources

evidence “During his discussion with Mark Rutte, Ilie Bolojan highlighted the need for NATO to “maintain its focus on the Eastern Flank and the Black Sea,” including by deploying allied capabilities in Romania.” romania-insider.com · read source

Located in the administrative territorial entity Georgia emerging0.662 independent sources

evidence “The new port is therefore designed to provide additional maritime capacity at Georgia’s Black Sea gateway and strengthen the country’s role in the Middle Corridor, which connects Central Asia and China with Europe via the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan and Georgia.” trend.az · read source

⛏️ Lake Facts · open-dataset statements via 4ort-mint

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Located in time zoneP421

Europe/Simferopol 2026-09-26 H/SEA GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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Quick Facts

Instance of adjacent sea

Country Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union

Part of North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea Area

Coordinate location 🗺️ 43.410°, 34.260°

Properties

Area +436402

Basin country Bulgaria, Georgia, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Connects with Sea of Marmara

Described by source Nordisk familjebok, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Pauly–Wissowa, New International Encyclopedia, Chronica Slavorum

Drainage basin Black Sea Basin

Has part(s) Dardanelles, Bosporus Strait, Strait of Kerch, Dnieper-Bug Estuary, Sea of Azov

Inflows Çoruh River, Danube, Filyos Brook, Enguri, Kızılırmak River, Kamchiya, Kodori River, Rioni, Sakarya River, Southern Bug, Yeşilırmak River, Bartın River, Bzyb River, Chilia branch, Değirmendere Creek, Karadere Creek, Khobi, Melen River, Mzymta, Rezovska, Shakhe, Sulina branch, Supsa River, Veleka, Aderbiyevka, Agoy, Agura, Aheloy, Aksu Deresi, Albești River, Andus, Ashe, Avunda, Ayan-Uzen, Baraboy River, Batova, Biruința River, Bocharov Ruchey, Bzugu, Casimcea River, Chelbaka, Chetteke-Uzen, Choban-Kule-Uzen, Choloki River, Chorna River, Chukhukt, Corbu River, Dagomys River, Danube – Black Sea Canal, Dederkay, Demerdji, Dereaua River, Dniester Lyman, Dyurso, Dzhurla River, Edyfler, Gülüç Çayı, Gelevera Creek, Ghalidzga, Golovița River, Gumista River, Hamangia River, Harşit Brook, Hasta-Bash, Istria River, Kaparcha, Karaagach, Kelasuri, Kherota, Khosta, Kintrishi River, Korolistskali, Koz, Ksir-Pata, Kudepsta, La-Ilya, Limenka, Magri, Makopse, Matsesta, Mert River, Mokvi, Nebug, Nechepsukho, Nuntași River, Orta-Uzen, Otuzka, Pauk, Pinarus River, Potârnichea River, Psezuapse, Pshada, Psou, Putamish, Nerushai, Жвава-Квара, Sabuncular Deresi, Արխավե (գետ), Գալանիմադերե, Դագիրման (գետ), Թաշան (գետ), Desermen Creek, Կուռաքս, Օգենե, Գելիվերա Դարա, Okumi river, ツヘニスツカリ川 (アブハジア), Büyük Melen, Ulutan River, Batlama River, Qutlaq, Razim River, Reprua River, Ropotamo, Săcele River, Sărata River, Shapsukho, Shelen, Shepsi, Slava River, Sochi, Sudak, Sukko River, Tașaul River, Tatlageacul Mare River, Tatlageacul Mic River, Telița River, Terme River, Thermodon, Tuapse, Tukluzka, Ulu Ozen eastern, Ulu-Uzen, Uskut River, Valea Vadului River, Voron, Yağlıdere stream, Yashamba, Zagmata, Chemitokvadzhe, Buu, Dzhankhot, Khotetsay

Length +1175

Named after black

Native label Черно море, Чорне море, Marea Neagră, Karadeniz, შავი ზღვა, Амшын Еиқәа, Εὔξενος Πόντος, Μαύρη Θάλασσα, Pontus Euxinus, Чёрное море

On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, WikiProject Ukraine, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

Outflows Bosporus Strait

P14541 cRON8

Perimeter +3400

Permanent duplicated item Q110738835

Said to be the same as Euxeinos Pontos

Shares border with Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Bulgaria

Topic's main category Category:Black Sea

Vertical depth +2206

Volume as quantity +547000

Width +600

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Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id 510606

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Yso id 108418

🌐 Available in 30 languages

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🏷️ Also known as

en Rucenum mare en Euxine en Black Sea ar بحر البنطس ar البحر الأسود ar البحر الاسود ar بحر أسود cs Černé moře da Sortehavet de Schwarzes Meer el Εύξεινος Πόντος el Μαύρη Θάλασσα es mar Negro fa دریای سیاه fi Mustameri fr mer Noire fr Pont Euxin he הים השחור hi काला सागर hu Fekete-tenger

🔗 Connections

← Located in or next to body of water 256

Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Istanbul, Republic of Abkhazia, Crimea, Balkans, Odesa +248 more

← Mouth of the watercourse 101

Danube, Dnieper, Kızılırmak River, Rioni, Southern Bug, Sakarya River, Enguri, Kodori River +93 more

Inflows 86

Danube, Kızılırmak River, Rioni, Southern Bug, Sakarya River, Enguri, Kodori River, Psou +78 more

Located in this place 20

Crimean War, 2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash, Black Sea deluge hypothesis, Siberia Airlines Flight 1812, U-boat campaign, sinking of the Moskva, Armavia Flight 967, naval warfare of World War I +12 more

Has these parts 13

Sea of Azov, Bosporus Strait, Dardanelles, Strait of Kerch, Karkinit Bay, Dnieper-Bug Estuary, Tsemes Bay, Gulf of Kalamita +5 more

People who died here 12

Maurice Thorez, Feng Yuxiang, Elizaveta Glinka, Valery Khalilov, Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud, Mustafa Suphi, Anton Gubankov, Dimitrije Kantakouzenos +4 more

Country 9

Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Soviet Union, Republic of Abkhazia +1 more

Described by source 9

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Nordisk familjebok, New International Encyclopedia, Pauly–Wissowa, Chronica Slavorum +1 more

← Located in/on physical feature 8

Novorossiya, Tuzla Island, Dzharylhach, TurkStream, Blue Stream, Yahorlyk Bay, Battle of Fidonisi, Golden Gate

Basin country 6

Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania

Named after 6

Black Sea Region, Chornomorsk, Black Sea undersea river, Black Sea Games, Veronica euxina, Silene euxina

Has part(s) 5

Sea of Azov, Bosporus Strait, Dardanelles, Strait of Kerch, Dnieper-Bug Estuary

← Category combines topics 5

Category:Drainage basins of the Black Sea, Category:Tributaries of the Black Sea, Category:Lighthouses of the Black Sea, Category:Bays of the Black Sea, Category:Georgian Black Sea coast

← Depicts 5

Module:Location map/data/Black Sea, Russian warship, go fuck yourself, The Black Sea, SB 6 9584 Distances Given for a Roman Road. Bibliothèque Nationale 1354.5, A. S. Pushkin at the Black Sea coast

← Lowest point 4

Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania

← Shares border with 4

Bulgaria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Marmara Region, Black Sea Region

On focus list of wikimedia project 3

Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Ukraine

← Drainage basin 3

Lepenica, Jadar (Drinjača), Krka

Shares border with 2

Bulgaria, Autonomous Republic of Crimea

← Narrative location 2

Battleship Potemkin, Anabasis

Belongs to 1

North Atlantic Ocean

Category for the water basin 1

Category:Drainage basins of the Black Sea

Connects with 1

Sea of Marmara

Factgrid item id 1

Vraux

Instance of 1

adjacent sea

Named after 1

black

Outflows 1

Bosporus Strait

Part of 1

North Atlantic Ocean

Snarc id 1

Monstera

Topic's main category 1

Category:Black Sea

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Black Sea

← Connects with 1

Sea of Marmara

← Destination point 1

EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail

← Eu knowledge graph item id 1

Peter Pellegrini

← Filming location 1

In Search of Captain Grant

← Invasive to 1

Mya arenaria

← Lingua libre id 1

Kurukh

← Resistance in belgium id 1

Begijnendijk

← Start point 1

Canal Istanbul

← Taxon range 1

Callanthias ruber

← Tdkiv wikibase id 1

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[3] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Bulgaria. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Russia. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Ukraine. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Romania. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Turkey. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Georgia. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Republic of Abkhazia. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Russian Empire. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Black Sea — country (P17): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Black Sea — shares border with (P47): Autonomous Republic of Crimea. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Black Sea — shares border with (P47): Bulgaria. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Black Sea — named after (P138): black. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Çoruh River. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Danube. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Filyos Brook. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Enguri. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Kızılırmak River. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Kamchiya. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Kodori River. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Rioni. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Sakarya River. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Southern Bug. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Yeşilırmak River. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Bartın River. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Bzyb River. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Black Sea — inflows (P200): Chilia branch. wikidata.org.

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2d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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