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Sea of Marmara Sea of Marmara is an inland sea partly
separating the Asiatic and European parts of Turkey.
It is connected through the Bosporus on the
northeast with the Black Sea and through
the Dardanelles on the southwest with the Aegean Sea.
It has no strong currents.
Salinity, which averages 22 parts per thousand, is greatest at the end nearest the Dardanelles.
The sea was formed as a result of crustal movements that occurred about 2.5 million years ago.
It is an area of
frequent earthquakes. The sea has
two distinct island groups. The first is the
Kızıl Islands in the northeast near
Istanbul;
These islands are primarily resort areas. The second group consists of the Marmara islands proper in the southwest, off Kapıdagı Peninsula; These have granite, slate, and marble that have been quarried since antiquity—hence the sea’s name
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