Istanbul 2020:Crossing the Waterways between Europe and Asia
TIM LEFFEL / Sports Features Communications
(SFC) Istanbul is a city on the water, but unlike many port cities, it’s not just one body of water that has shaped its history. Due to some geological quirks back when the Ice Age ended, a lake turned into the Sea of Marmara, connected to the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas. The really big advantage was the opening of the Bosphorus—a deep salt water river leading to the Black Sea.
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