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Interesting Facts about The Mediterranean Sea || General Knowledge in English || GK Facts
The Mediterranean Sea is the body of water that separates Europe, Africa and Asia.
The sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow passage called the Strait of Gibraltar. It is between the southern tip of Spain and northern Morroco. The passage is only 14 km (8.7 mi) wide.
It is almost completely surrounded by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Middle East.
To the northeast the Mediterranean Sea is connected with the Black Sea through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, which is often considered to be part of the Mediterranean Sea, and the strait of the
Bosporus. To the southeast it is connected with the Red Sea by the man-made Suez Canal.
The Mediterranean Sea has two main subregions – the Eastern and Western. A sub-sea ridge from Sicily to Tunisia is the divider. The ridge is called as the “Strait of Sicily”.
The Mediterranean Sea is subdivided into a number of smaller waterbodies, each with their own
designation (from west to east): the Strait of Gibralta, Alboran Sea, Balearic Sea, Ligurian Sea,
Tyrrhenian Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea and Aegean Sea.
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. In addition, the Gaza Strip and the British Overseas Territories of Gibraltar and Akrotiri and Dhekelia have coastlines on the sea.
The Mediterranean Sea, including the Sea of Marmara, has a surface area of approximately 2,510,000 square kilometers (970,000 square miles).
It has an average depth of 1,500 meters (4,900 feet) and the deepest recorded point is 5,267 meters (17,280 feet) in the Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea.
The water volume of the Mediterranean Sea is about 3,750,000 cubic kilometers (900,000 cubic miles).
Its west-east length, from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Gulf of Iskenderun, on the southwestern coast
of Turkey, is approximately 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles).
The sea’s average north-south length, from Croatia’s southern shore to Libya, is approximately 800
kilometers (500 miles).
The coastline extends for 46,000 kilometers (28,600 miles).
Topics
1. Brief on Mediterrenean Sea
2. Water bodies
3. The countries with coastlines
4. Topography
5. Vegetation
6. Civilization and Trade
7. Climate Change
8. Conclusion
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