<P> The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe and Western Asia . It is supplied by a number of major rivers , such as the Danube , Dnieper , Rioni , Southern Bug , and Dniester . The Black Sea has an area of 436,400 km ( 168,500 sq mi ) ( not including the Sea of Azov ) , a maximum depth of 2,212 m ( 7,257 ft ) , and a volume of 547,000 km ( 131,000 cu mi ) . It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south and by the Caucasus Mountains to the east , and features a wide shelf to the northwest . The longest east - west extent is about 1,175 km ( 730 mi ) . </P>
<P> The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe and Western Asia . It is supplied by a number of major rivers , such as the Danube , Dnieper , Rioni , Southern Bug , and Dniester . The Black Sea has an area of 436,400 km ( 168,500 sq mi ) ( not including the Sea of Azov ) , a maximum depth of 2,212 m ( 7,257 ft ) , and a volume of 547,000 km ( 131,000 cu mi ) . It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south and by the Caucasus Mountains to the east , and features a wide shelf to the northwest . The longest east - west extent is about 1,175 km ( 730 mi ) . </P>
where is the black sea located on the map
where is the black sea located on the map
between Eastern Europe and Western Asia
between Eastern Europe and Western Asia