The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar on the west and to the Sea of Marmara and Black Sea, by the Dardanelles and the Bosporus respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is often considered a part of the Mediterranean Sea, whereas the Black Sea is generally not. The man-made Suez Canal in the south-east connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. Tides are very limited in the Mediterranean as a ...

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As a result of the drying of the sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the marine biota of the Mediterranean are derived primarily from the Atlantic Ocean. The North Atlantic is considerably colder and more nutrient-rich than the Mediterranean, and the marine life of the Mediterranean has had to adapt to its differing conditions in the five million years since the basin was reflooded. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 created the first salt-water passage between the Mediterranean and Red seas. The Red Sea is higher than the Ea ...

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List of rivers of Europe - Western Mediterranean. This section includes the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. The rivers are sorted from west (Tarifa) to east (Reggio Calabria). In Spain: Segura (in Guardamar del Segura) - Spain Guadalentin (near Murcia) Mula (in Molina de Segura) Benamor (in Calasparra) Mundo (near Hellín) Júcar/Xúquer (in Cullera) Turia (in Valencia) Ebro/Ebre (near Tortosa) See also:

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The Vendevale is a westerly wind that blows into the Mediterranean Sea around the area of the Straits of Gibraltar and Morocco. This is generally associated with travelling depressions entering the Mediterranean from the west. Other related archivesMediterranean Sea, Morocco, Straits of Gibraltar, depressions

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The Black Sea (known as the Euxine Sea in antiquity) is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch. There is a net inflow of seawater through the Bosporus, 200 km³ per year. There is an inflow of freshwater from the surrounding areas, especially central and middle-eastern Europe, totalling 320 km³ per year. The most important ...

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Black Sea Fleet (Russian: Черноморский флот) is a large sub-unit of the Russian (and formerly Soviet) Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the early 18th century. It is based in various harbours of Russia's Black Sea and Sea of Azov coast. The Fleet's main base is situated in the Ukrainian port city of Sevastopol. The continuing use of this base, more than a decade after the collapse of the Soviet Union, has been an occasional ...

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The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was the military side of the American Revolution. It was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and the United States of America. The war began largely as a colonial revolt against the economic policies of the British Empire, but eventually widened far beyond British North America, with France, Spain, and the Netherlands entering the war against Great Britain. Addition ...

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The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off of the western coast of Italy. It is bounded by Corsica and Sardinia (west) Liguria (north), Tuscany, Latium, Campania, and Calabria (east), and Sicily (south). The maximum depth is 3785 m. The Tyrrhenian Sea is situated near the African-European Fault; therefore mountain chains and active volcanoes (mount Marsilii) are in its depths. Winds are Mistral from the Rhone valley, Libeccio fr ...

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The Canal du Midi is a 240km long canal in southern France, le midi, linking the Garonne River to the Mediterranean Sea, between Toulouse and the Mediterranean port of Sète, which was created for the canal. The original purpose of the canal was to avoid over 2000 km trips around hostile Spain between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea, which required a full month of sailing in the 17th century. The canal was opened officially as the Canal Royal de Languedoc on May 24, 1681. It was built under the supervision ...

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Azure is a blue color, about halfway between blue and cyan, which describes the color of a cloudless sky. The term "Azur" is often used in France to describe the Mediterranean Sea. Azure is a tincture in heraldry. See also. List of colors ...

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The Aegean Sea (Greek: Αιγαίον Πέλαγος, Aigaion Pelagos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor, now part of Turkey). It is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus. In ancient times there were various explanations for the name "Aegean." It was said to have been named after the town of Aegae; Aegea, a queen of the Amazons who died in the sea; and Aegeus, the fath ...

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The Adriatic Sea (Italian Mare Adriatico, German Adriatisches Meer or Adria, Croatian Jadransko more or Jadran) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. The western coast is Italian, while the eastern coast runs along the countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, and Albania. Domenico and Blaz are the onl ...

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Issa can refer to: the Somali clan that resides in Djibouti Darrell Issa, Californian Representative Kobayashi Issa, Japanese haiku poet the ancient name of an island in the mid-Dalmatian Adriatic Sea at the Mediterranean Sea, now Croatian island of Vis ancient Greek colony on the Adriatic island of Vis a divine character in David Eddings' fantasy series The Belgariad and The Malloreon. Isa or Issa is the Islamic name of "Jesus of Nazareth". the

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A Bilander, also spelled billander or be'landre, was a small European merchant ship with two masts, used in the Netherlands for coast and canal traffic and occasionally seen in the North Sea but more frequently to be seen in the Mediterranean Sea. The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and square topsail. They rarely reached a size o ...

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7 BC - Events. 7 BC - Births. Possible birthdate of Jesus, according to appearance of a very bright star over the Mediterranean Sea in May of that year. 7 BC - Deaths. Category: 7 BC ...

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Al Iskandariyah (Alexandria) (Arabic: الإسكندرية) is one of the governorates of Egypt, located in the north of the country, lying directly on the Mediterranean Sea which makes it one of the most important harbours in Egypt. Its capital is Alexandria, the home of the Biblotheca Alexandrina, the world famous library that was burnt down but now rebuilt. Alexandria is now considered to be the second capital of Egypt, as ...

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The Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic المملكة المغربية) is a country in northwest Africa. It has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Algeria to the east, though the Algerian border is closed, Western Sahara to the south, the Mediterranean Sea and Spain to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to its west. Morocco claims ownership of Western Sahara and has administered most of the territory since 1975. Its status is disputed, pending a United ...

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see text The shads or river herrings comprise the genus Alosa, fishes related to herring in the family Clupeidae. They are distinct from others in that family by having a deeper body and spawning in rivers. The several species frequent different areas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea. The shad fry live for a year or two in fresh water. Species: A. aestivalis (Blueback shad) A. agone (Agone) A. alabamae ( ...

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