Just past Astrakhan, the Volga flows into this inland "sea" that is actually a lake
... of small lakes, receives the waters of the Selizharovka River, 
and then flows ... (Between the Samara Bend and Volgograd it receives only the 
relatively... [DOC] [TLE] CASPIAN SEA i. GEOGRAPHY  Encyclopaedia Iranica [PAR] CASPIAN SEA, actually a lake, the largest in the world (estimated surface area ... 
the surface waters, which are affected still further by the flow from tributary rivers.