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The Mediterranean Sea (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
The Mediterranean countries are those that surround the Mediterranean Sea or located within the Mediterranean Basin. [1] Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus), in addition to two British Overseas Territories ...
Raster background map : screenshot from NASA World Wind (Public Domain) Author: Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) Permission (Reusing this file) All rights released: Other versions: Derivative works of this file: Mediterranean Sea political map-es.svg; Mediterranean Sea political map-ku.svg; Mediterranean Sea political map-hr.svg
In oceanography, a mediterranean sea (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ə n / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən) is a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of water with outer oceans and whose water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than by winds or tides.
Map of the Mediterranean Sea and subdivisions. Marked are subdivisions according to the International Hydrographic Organization. Some additional seas are marked in quotes, which are commonly used but not recognised by the IHO. Date: 1 June 2011, 15:02 (UTC) Source: BlankMap-Europe_no_boundaries.svg; Author: BlankMap-Europe_no_boundaries.svg ...
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