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  • Kalka, a rivulet that flows into the Sea of Azoff.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Such changes in the proportion of solid and fluid surface would have some climatic effects in the territory which drains into the Caspian, and on the other hand, the introduction of a greater quantity of fresh water into the Sea of Azoff would render that gulf less saline, affect the character and numbers of its fish, and perhaps be not wholly without sensible influence on the water of the Black Sea.

    Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 06 (historical) 1874

  • Caspian, and on the other hand, the introduction of a greater quantity of fresh water into the Sea of Azoff would render that gulf less saline, affect the character and numbers of its fish, and perhaps be not wholly without sensible influence on the water of the Black Sea.

    The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841

  • The Dandarii are mentioned by Strabo (p. 495) as one of the tribes on the Mæotis or Sea of Azoff.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

  • The name Bosporus was properly applied to the long narrow channel, now called the Straits of Kaffa or Yenikalé, which unites the Black Sea and the Mæotis or Sea of Azoff.

    Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839

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