CONSEQUENCES OF THE SHARP LOWERİNG OF THE CASPİAN SEA LEVEL İN THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAİJAN

The article considers changes in the Caspian Sea level during the period of instrumental observations from 1837 to 2022, especially its regular lowering in the last years of 1995...2022. The impact of this process on the coastal zone of the Republic of Azerbaijan is also analysed. It was revealed that as a result of this process the sea was pulled up at different places at a distance of 100...1000 m from the coast. The area of territories freed from the sea is about 38 thousand hectares of land. Purpose of the study: to analyse the impact of the Caspian Sea level change on the coastal territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan.