Mediterranean Sea - Wikipedia
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 north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost ...
Mediterranean Sea | Facts, History, Islands, & Countries | Britannica
2 天之前 · Mediterranean Sea, an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa. It has often been called the incubator of Western civilization.
地中海（欧洲、非洲和亚洲大陆之间的一块海域）_百度百科
地中海（英语：Mediterranean Sea，法语：Méditerranée，西班牙语：Mediterráneo， 意大利语：Mediterraneo， 希腊语：Μεσογείου），是 欧洲 、 非洲 和 亚洲 大陆之间的一块海域，由北面的 欧洲大陆 、南面的 非洲大陆 和东面的亚洲大陆包围着，西面通过 直布罗陀 ...
Mediterranean Sea - WorldAtlas
2021年3月31日 · Covering an area of about 2.5 million km 2, the Mediterranean Sea is the 10th-largest sea in the world located between Southern Europe and Northern Africa and accounting for about 0.7% of the global ocean area.
Mediterranean seas - Wikipedia
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.
Mediterranean Sea summary | Britannica
Mediterranean Sea, Inland sea enclosed by Europe, Africa, and Asia. Its west-east extent is approximately 2,500 mi (4,000 km), while its average north-south extent is about 500 mi (800 km). The Mediterranean Sea occupies an area of about 970,000 sq mi (2,510,000 sq km).
The Mediterranean Sea: Cradle of Civilization | United Nations
The world map shows what a unique location the Mediterranean Sea has in the world -- it is big enough to house all of us but at the same time, with its unique shape, with its islands, bays and...
Mediterranean Sea - Geology, Climate, Biodiversity | Britannica
2 天之前 · Mediterranean Sea - Geology, Climate, Biodiversity: A submarine ridge between the island of Sicily and the African coast with a sill depth of about 1,200 feet (365 metres) divides the Mediterranean Sea into western and eastern parts. The western part in turn is subdivided into three principal submarine basins.
Mediterranean Sea - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月21日 · The Mediterranean is a vast sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south, and Asia to the east. It covers an area of approximately 2.54 million square kilometers; at its longest it is 3,800 kilometers, and at its widest it is 800 kilometers.
Mediterranean Sea - New World Encyclopedia
The Mediterranean Sea, a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, lies between the continents of Eurasia and Africa enclosed almost completely by land. It is bounded on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia; and it joins with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar only eight miles (13 kilometers) wide and 1,050 feet ...