| a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland body of water in the world. ab. 169,000 sq. mi. (438,000 sq. km); 85 ft. (26 m) below sea level. |
Cas·pi·an Sea  (kās'pē-ən)  A saline lake between southeast Europe and western Asia. It is the largest landlocked body of water on earth. |
Saltwater lake between Europe and Asia, bordered by Azerbaijan, and Russia to the west, Kazakhstan to the north and east, Turkmenistan to the east, and Iran to the south and west; the largest inland body of water in the world.
Note: The Volga River empties into the Caspian Sea.