Peter the Great expands territory beyond the Euro mountains along the Caspian Sea at the expense of the Turks.

彼得大帝越过欧洲山脉，沿着里海扩张领土，牺牲了土耳其人的利益。

The Caspian sea is one of the smallest sea in the world.

里海是世界上最小的海之一。

Russia is the only serious naval power in the Caspian.

另外俄罗斯是里海上唯一拥有正规海军的国家。

The area North of the Caspian Sea is the most striking example.

里海北部地区就是最明显的例子。

Caspian airlines is a Russian-Iranian joint venture founded in 1993.

里海航空是一家俄伊合资企业，成立于1993年。

The Volga River and the Ural River discharge into the Caspian Sea.

伏尔加河以及乌拉尔河都有流入里海。

Multiple rivers empty into the Caspian Sea, the Volga being the largest.

有多支河流注入里海，其中最大的一条是伏尔加河。

It must keep the trans-Caspian, Russia-circumventing energy corridor open.

它必须保障跨里海-俄罗斯周边的能源走廊的通畅。

Measured by surface area, the Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland water body.

从水面面积上讲，里海是世界上最大的内陆水体。

Moscow came out the winner by far, reasserting its pre-eminent position in the Caspian.

到目前来说，莫斯科以一个胜利者的姿态出现，重新获得了在里海地区的中心地位。

But this year, fewer fish are coming into the Volga delta from the Caspian Sea to spawn.

但今年，从里海来伏尔加河产卵的鱼群数量减少了。

The ships are ready to leave the coast for military maneuvers carried out in the Caspian Sea.

舰艇已经准备离开海岸，预备开始在里海进行的军事演习。

Marco Polo noted in 1272 as he passed by Baku, on the Caspian sea, that oil lamps were common.

1272年，马卡波罗在通过里海的巴库时发现油灯在那里很普遍。

The Caspian holds a great amount of sturgeon, which yield eggs that are processed into caviar.

里海生产大量的鲟鱼，这些鲟鱼可以加工成鱼子酱。

This would connect the gas-rich Caspian region with central Europe, via Turkey and the Balkans.

这一工程连接中欧盛产天然气的里海地区，经过土尔其和巴尔干半岛。

Lacking an outlet, the Caspian Sea loses water only by evaporation, leading to the accumulation of salt.

由于没有排水口，里海的水量流失只能依赖蒸发，这也造成湖水中盐的积聚。

The mountains eventually give way to green plains dotted with bungalows, and the shimmering Caspian Sea.

走出群山，到了平房点缀的绿色草原，看到了里海闪烁的波光。

It is already developing one of the world's biggest recent discoveries, Kashagan, beneath the Caspian Sea.

它已经在里海海底开发出了最近发现的世界最大之一的卡沙干油田。

Mr Nazarbayev has agreed with Azerbaijan on an American-backed plan to bring energy across the Caspian Sea.

纳扎尔巴耶夫已经同阿塞拜疆就一项美国支持的跨里海输送能源计划达成一致。

But Caspian airlines uses Russian-made planes whose maintenance would be less affected by American sanctions.

但是里海航空所使用的俄制飞机的维护受到美国制裁的影响较小。

The third plan is Nabucco, an ambitious pipeline to connect Caspian and Iraqi gasfields to Europe via Turkey.

第三个计划是Nabucco工程，一项连接里海和伊拉克气田，从土耳其输送到欧洲的覆盖面极大的工程。

The pasture was fertile, and there were easy revenues for the taking from Russian cities and Caspian caravans.

这里草原肥沃，从俄罗斯城市及里海商队中获得收益较为容易。

Geological research indicates that the Caspian sea was once part of a prehistoric sea known as the Paratethys.

地质研究表明，里海曾经是被称为副特提斯海的史前海洋的一部分。

A Caspian Airlines plane crashed in Iran shortly after taking off from Tehran, killing all 168 people on board.

里海航空公司一客机在伊朗德黑兰刚起飞不久坠毁，机上168人全部遇难，无一生还。

By the time of his death in 1227, he had created an empire that stretched from the Pacific coast to the Caspian Sea.

成吉思汗于1227年逝世，到那时他已经建立了一个东起太平洋海岸西至里海的帝国。

Tectonic forces uplifting the land and a drop in sea level left the Caspian landlocked more than 5 million years ago.

早在500多万年前，构造作用造成地面抬升，海平面下降，使里海被陆地包围。

In 1993 he granted Chevron rights to the massive but challenging Tengiz oil deposit, touching off a Caspian energy boom.

1993年，他任命雪弗龙公司开发庞大而极具挑战性的田吉兹油田，引发了开发里海能源的热潮。