Context: Russia deletes draft of plan to redraw border in Baltic Sea which alarmed NATO countries.
About Baltic Sea
- The Baltic Sea is a part of the North Atlantic Ocean. It stretches from southern Denmark to near the Arctic Circle, dividing the Scandinavian Peninsula from mainland Europe.
- The area where rivers flow into the Baltic Sea, bringing freshwater, is about four times bigger than the sea itself.
- The Baltic Sea is a small part of the larger area that was once covered by melting ice from Scandinavia as the Ice Age ended.
- The seven biggest rivers (Daugava, Gota, Nemunas, Neva, Oder, Tornio, and Vistula) cover 50% of the Baltic Sea catchment area.
Boundary countries of Baltic Sea
- There are nine countries with a shoreline at the Baltic Sea:
- Denmark, Germany, Poland, Russia (at the Gulf of Finland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast), Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden.
