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October 31 - International Day of the Black Sea (31.10.2020)

International Black Sea Day (International Black Sea Day) is celebrated annually on October 31 in memory of the day 1996, when six Black Sea countries - Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine - signed the Strategic Action Plan for the rehabilitation and protection of the Black Sea seas. Then it was decided to establish today's ecological holiday.

Some facts about the Black Sea:

• The deepest sea is 2210 meters, and the average is about 1240 meters.
• The shape of the Black Sea can be compared to an oval stretching from west to east with a length of about 1150 kilometers. From north to south, the sea stretches for 580 kilometers.
• The Black Sea washes the shores of Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia.
• The largest rivers flow into the Black Sea: Danube, Dnieper, Dniester.
• The flora of the sea includes 270 species of multicellular green, brown, red bottom algae. The phytoplankton contains at least 600 species. More than 2500 species of animals live in the Black Sea.