Round 3: Tossup 1

This body of water is home to Neft Daşları (“NEFT-dahsh-LAR-ih”), an (15[1])industrial town located on the world’s first offshore oil platform. A dictator who wrote the Ruhnama (15[1])renamed a city on this body (15[1])of water (15[1])after himself in 1993. This body of water borders a country that contains over half of the world’s mud volcanoes, many of which are (15[1])protected by the Gobustan Reserve. On this body of water, the (*) Absheron Peninsula is home to the lowest-lying national capital in the world. Bounded to the south by the Alborz mountains, this body of water receives inflow from the Ural and Volga Rivers. For 10 points, name this Central Asian lake, the largest in the world. ■END■

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