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(pronounced /ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən ˈsiː/)
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*the mediterranean sea is a ‘sea’ connected to the ‘atlantic ocean’, surrounded by the ‘mediterranean basin’ and almost completely enclosed by land*
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on the north –>
(by ‘southern europe’ + ‘anatolia’)
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on the east –>
(by the ‘levant’)
on the south –>
(by ‘north africa’)
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(the sea is sometimes considered a part of the ‘atlantic ocean’, although it is usually identified as a separate body of water)
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(the name “mediterranean” is derived from the Latin mediterraneus, meaning “inland” or “in the middle of land” (from medius, “middle” and terra, “land”))
(it covers an approximate area of 2.5 million km2 (965,000 sq mi), but its connection to the ‘Atlantic’ (the ‘Strait of Gibraltar’) is only 14 km (8.7 mi) wide)
(the ‘Strait of Gibraltar’ is a narrow strait that connects the ‘Atlantic Ocean’ to the ‘Mediterranean Sea’ and separates ‘Gibraltar’ and ‘Spain’ in Europe from ‘Morocco’ in Africa)
(in ‘oceanography’, it is sometimes called the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea or the European Mediterranean Sea to distinguish it from ‘mediterranean seas’ elsewhere)
(the ‘Mediterranean Sea’ has an average depth of 1,500 m (4,900 ft) and the deepest recorded point is 5,267 m (17,280 ft) in the ‘Calypso Deep’ in the ‘Ionian Sea’)
(the sea is bordered on the north by ‘Europe’, the east by ‘Asia’, and in the south by ‘Africa’)
(it is located between latitudes 30° and 46° N and longitudes 6° W and 36° E)
(its west-east length, from the ‘Strait of Gibraltar’ to the ‘Gulf of Iskenderun’, on the southwestern coast of ‘Turkey’, is approximately 4,000 km (2,500 miles))
(the sea’s average north-south length, from Croatia’s southern shore to ‘Libya’, is approximately 800 km (500 miles))
(the ‘Mediterranean Sea’, including the ‘Sea of Marmara’ (connected by the ‘Dardanelles’ to the ‘Aegean Sea’), has a surface area of approximately 2,510,000 square km (970,000 square miles))
(the sea was an important route for merchants and travelers of ancient times that allowed for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region)
(the history of the Mediterranean region is crucial to understanding the origins and development of many modern societies)
(the countries with coastlines on the ‘Mediterranean Sea’ are ‘Albania’, ‘Algeria’, ‘Bosnia and Herzegovina’, ‘Croatia’, ‘Cyprus’, ‘Egypt’, ‘France’, ‘Greece’, ‘Israel’, ‘Italy’, ‘Lebanon’, ‘Libya’, ‘Malta’, ‘Morocco’, ‘Monaco’, ‘Montenegro’, ‘Slovenia’, ‘Spain’, ‘Syria’, ‘Tunisia’ and ‘Turkey’)
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(in addition, ‘gaza strip’ and the ‘british overseas territories’ of ‘gibraltar’ and ‘akrotiri + dhekelia’ have coastlines on the sea)
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