The Volga Delta has a length of about 160 kilometers and includes as many as 500 channels and smaller rivers.
The Volga Delta and the nearby Caspian Sea offer superb fishing grounds.
The largest single breeding concentration is 11,000 pairs in the Volga Delta.
The bifurcation occurs close to, but before, the Volga Delta.
The Volga Delta has grown significantly in the past century because of changes in the level of the Caspian Sea.
Today the Volga Delta covers an area of 27,224 km2 and is approximately 160 km across.
Astrakhan is situated in the Volga Delta, rich in sturgeon and exotic plants.
There has been no record in the Astrakhan Nature Reserve in the Volga Delta since the 1980s.
The Volga Delta is comprised of more than 500 channels, and sustains the most productive fishing grounds in Eurasia.
The Volga Delta has a length of about 160 kilometres.