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Length: 6,650 km (4,130 mi) [a] Basin size: ... when the Mediterranean Sea was a closed basin ... Drought has proven to be a major cause of fatality in the Nile river ...
Physical and political map of the Mediterranean basin. In biogeography, the Mediterranean basin (/ ˌ m ɛ d ɪ t ə ˈ r eɪ n i ən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which ...
The drainage basin of the Mediterranean Sea is particularly heterogeneous and extends much further than the Mediterranean region. [52] Its size has been estimated between 4,000,000 and 5,500,000 km 2 (1,500,000 and 2,100,000 sq mi), [note 1] depending on whether non-active parts (deserts) are included or not. [53] [54] [55] The longest river ...
The list of drainage basins by area identifies basins (also known as "catchments" or, in North American usage, "watersheds"), sorted by area, which drain to oceans, mediterranean seas, rivers, lakes and other water bodies.
It is one of the world's larger deltas—from Alexandria in the west to Port Said in the east; it covers 240 km (150 mi) of the Mediterranean coastline and is a rich agricultural region. [2] From north to south the delta is approximately 160 km (100 mi) in length. The Delta begins slightly down-river from Cairo. [3]
The Paillon (Nissard Occitan: Palhon) is a coastal river of the Alpes-Maritimes that flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Nice, near the old district. It is 35.8 km (22.2 mi) long. [ 1 ] Its drainage basin is 258 km 2 (100 sq mi). [ 2 ]
For example, due to 18 cutoffs created between 1766 and 1885, the length of the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois, to New Orleans, Louisiana, was reduced by 351 kilometres (218 miles). [10] These points make it difficult, if not impossible, to get an accurate measurement of the length of a river.
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.