Sea Bordering country
- Adriatic Sea Albania
- Black Sea Croatia
- Caspian Sea Kazakhstan
- Mediterranean Sea Morocco
- Red Sea Syria
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 4 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer: (b)
Pair 1 is correctly matched:
Adriatic Sea is a water body that acts as a divide between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula. Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Slovenia, and Montenegro share borders with the Adriatic Sea.
Pair 2 is not correctly matched: Black Sea is located between Europe and Asia. Six countries border the Black Sea, Ukraine to the North,Russia and Georgia to the East, Turkey to the South, and Bulgaria and Romania to the West.
Pair 3 is correctly matched: Caspian Sea is located between south-eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is the largest inland body of water that can only be accessed through Russia’s Volga River and the canals connecting it to the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, and the Sea of Azov. It is supplied by freshwater sources and has no salt-water connection to the open seas of the world. The bordering states are Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan.
Pair 4 is correctly matched: Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea placed between Western Asia, North Africa, and Europe. 21 countries share the coastline with it. These are- Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
Pair 5 is not correctly matched: Red Sea is located between North-east Africa and Western Asia. The six countries bordering it are Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti
