Mediterranean Sea Map Europe
This ancient sea between the lands occupies a deep elongated and almost landlocked irregular depression lying between latitudes 30 and 46 n and longitudes 5 50 w and 36 e.
Mediterranean sea map europe. Go back to see more maps of mediterranean sea. Rio de janeiro map. Europe on the north asia on the east and africa on the south. The mediterranean sea was an important route for merchants and travelers during ancient times as it allowed for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region.
Thus it has had a major influence on those cultures. The mediterranean sea is a sea connected to the atlantic ocean surrounded by the mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land. In november turkey and libya signed a maritime agreement trying to establish exclusive economic zones eez for their countries in the mediterranean sea overlapping with greece and cyprus. New york city map.
Map of the mediterranean sea. 5 267 m 17 280 ft. This map shows mediterranean sea countries. Physical map of the mediterranean sea and its surroundings click on above map to view higher resolution image the mediterranean sea is surrounded by three continents.
970 000 sq mi 2 500 000 sq km. Map of europe and mediterranean sea political map of mediterranean sea region europe is a continent located certainly in the northern hemisphere and mostly in the eastern hemisphere. Other bodies of water. It has often been called the incubator of western civilization.
The active mount etna in sicily as seen from space. On the north by southern europe and anatolia on the south by north africa and on the east by the levant although the sea is sometimes considered a part of the atlantic ocean it is usually referred to as a separate body of water. Geological evidence indicates that around 5 9 million years ago the mediterranean was cut off from the atlantic and was. The sea is connected to the atlantic ocean through the gibraltar strait.
It provided routes for trade colonization and war and provided food by fishing and the gathering for numerous communities. It is bordered by the arctic ocean to the north the atlantic ocean to the west asia to the east and the mediterranean sea to the south.