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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 ...
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.
English: Location map of the Mediterranean Sea Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 128 %. Geographic limits of the map: * N: 48.0° N * S: 29.0° N * W: 7.0° W * E: 42.5° E
Mediterranean Sea location map-2.png Mediterranean Sea location map islands-de.svg This map has been made or improved in the German Kartenwerkstatt (Map Lab) .
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Croatia, Italy, France, Greece ...
English: Map in English of the Mediterranean Sea, with the borders and the name of the States following the ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3 code. Français : Carte en anglais de la Mer Méditerranée avec les frontières et les noms des États suivant le code ISO 3166-1 Alpha-3.
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