<Tr> <Th> Water volume </Th> <Td> 547,000 km (131,200 cu mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Islands </Th> <Td> 10 + </Td> </Tr> <P> The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean between Eastern Europe and Western Asia . It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such as the Danube, Dnieper, Rioni, Southern Bug, and Dniester . The Black Sea has an area of 436,400 km (168,500 sq mi) (not including the Sea of Azov), a maximum depth of 2,212 m (7,257 ft), and a volume of 547,000 km (131,000 cu mi). It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south and by the Caucasus Mountains to the east, and features a wide shelf to the northwest . The longest east - west extent is about 1,175 km (730 mi). </P> <P> Important cities along the coast include Batumi, Burgas, Constanța, Giresun, Istanbul, Kerch, Novorossiysk, Odessa, Ordu, Poti, Rize, Samsun, Sevastopol, Sochi, Sukhumi, Trabzon, Varna, Yalta, and Zonguldak . </P>

The pair of rivers draining into the black sea