Mediterranean Basin

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Mediterranean-climate region biodiversity hotspot biogeographical region

The Mediterranean Basin is a biogeographical region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, known for its distinctive Mediterranean climate, rich biodiversity, and long history of interconnected human civilizations.

Aliases (10)

Mediterranean region ×34
Southern Europe ×11
Mediterranean Sea region ×8
Mediterranean basin ×5
Mediterranean ×2
Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot ×2
Mediterranean coast ×2
Mediterranean Region ×1
Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub ×1
Mediterranean world ×1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mediterranean-climate region → biodiversity hotspot → biogeographical region →
borderedBy	Alps → Atlas Mountains → Balkan Mountains → Pyrenees → Taurus Mountains →
characterizedBy	hot dry summers → mild wet winters →
containsSea	Adriatic Sea → Aegean Sea → Alboran Sea → Ionian Sea → Tyrrhenian Sea →
hasBeenCenterOf	ancient trade routes → cultural exchange → maritime commerce →
hasBiome	Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub →
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate →
hasHighEndemismIn	amphibians → freshwater fishes → reptiles → vascular plants →
hasKeyIslandRegion	Corsica → Crete → Cyprus → Sardinia → Sicily →
hasKeyRiverMouth	Ebro Delta → Nile Delta → Po Delta → Rhône Delta →
hasLongHistoryOf	interconnected human civilizations →
hasMajorSubregion	Adriatic region → Aegean region → Alboran region → Anatolian coasts → Balkan Peninsula coasts → Iberian Peninsula coasts → Italian Peninsula coasts → Levantine coasts → Maghreb coasts → Tyrrhenian region →
hasVegetationType	Mediterranean forests → Mediterranean scrub → Mediterranean woodlands → garrigue shrubland → maquis shrubland → sclerophyllous shrublands →
includesCountry	Albania → Algeria → Croatia → Egypt → France → Greece → Israel → Italy → Lebanon → Libya → Morocco → Spain → Syria → Tunisia → Turkey →
knownFor	high plant endemism → rich biodiversity →
locatedIn	Mediterranean Sea region →
partOf	Afrotropical realm → Palearctic realm →
recognizedAs	one of the world’s 36 biodiversity hotspots →
surrounds	Mediterranean Sea →
threatenedBy	climate change → intensive agriculture → invasive species → overgrazing → tourism development → urbanization → wildfires →

Referenced by (90)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ajaccio ("Mediterranean Sea region") → Ancient Mediterranean world → Dikti Mountains ("Mediterranean Sea region") → Eastern Mediterranean → Gibraltar ("Mediterranean region") → Italy ("Southern Europe") → Kingdom of Italy ("Mediterranean region") → Lasithi regional unit ("Mediterranean region") → Malta ("Southern Europe") → Mediterranean Basin ("Mediterranean Sea region") → Mediterranean trade routes ("Mediterranean Sea region") → Mount Ida ("Mediterranean Sea region") → Northeastern Italy ("Mediterranean region") → Qart Hadasht ("Mediterranean basin") → Sicily ("Southern Europe") → Southern Italy ("Mediterranean region") → Tarsus ("Mediterranean Region") → Tyrrhenian Sea → Zancle ("Mediterranean region") →	locatedIn
Beta vulgaris ("Mediterranean region") → Cedrus ("Mediterranean region") → Cupressus sempervirens → Lupinus angustifolius → Lupinus luteus → Parietaria ("Mediterranean region") → Testudo graeca → Vitis vinifera ("Mediterranean region") →	nativeTo
Ajdabiya ("Mediterranean region") → Balkans ("Southern Europe") → Ichkeul National Park ("Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot") → Istria ("Mediterranean region") → Tunis ("Mediterranean region") →	partOf
Christianization of the Roman Empire → Crisis of the Third Century → Mediterranean Theater of Operations ("Southern Europe") → Mediterranean theatre of World War I ("Mediterranean Sea region") →	location
Greece ("Southern Europe") → Hermeticism → Samaria Gorge National Park ("Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot") → Ugarit →	region
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival ("Mediterranean region") → EUBAM Libya ("Mediterranean region") → UfM Secretariat ("Mediterranean basin") → Union for the Mediterranean →	regionServed
Europe ("Southern Europe") → Old World → PT ("Southern Europe") →	hasSubregion
Forsskaolea ("Mediterranean region") → greater flamingo →	distribution
British X Corps ("Mediterranean region") → Luftflotte 2 ("Mediterranean region") →	geographicAreaOfOperations
Monte Cinto ("Mediterranean region") → Sea of Marmara ("Mediterranean basin") →	isPartOf
Ob. Süd ("Mediterranean Sea region") → Roman army ("Mediterranean region") →	operatedIn
King of Aragon ("Mediterranean region") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Alboran Sea →	belongsTo
North Atlantic area ("Mediterranean region") →	borderedBy
Central Europe ("Southern Europe") →	borderRegionOf
Vercors Massif ("Mediterranean") →	climateInfluence
Silk Road routes ("Mediterranean region") →	connects
Palearctic realm →	contains
Ichthys ("Mediterranean world") →	culturalRegion
Romans →	dominatedRegion
Battle of Abukir (1799) ("Mediterranean coast") →	geographicalFeature
Testudo graeca ("Mediterranean region") →	geographicDistribution
Apiaceae ("Mediterranean region") →	habitat
European American ("Southern Europe") →	hasAncestralOrigin
Mediterranean Basin ("Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub") →	hasBiome
Kursunlu Waterfall ("Mediterranean") →	hasClimate
Mediterranean Sea →	hasCoastalRegion
Libyan Sea →	hasCoastlineIn
Olivia ("Mediterranean region") →	hasCulturalAssociation
Sephardic music ("Mediterranean region") →	hasGeographicDistribution
Republic of Letters ("Mediterranean region") →	hasGeographicScope
Black Death →	hasLocation
Roman civil wars ("Mediterranean region") →	hasMainLocation
Greek Antiquity →	hasRegion
Argemone ("Mediterranean region") →	introducedTo
Mediterranean Sea →	isSubdivisionOf
University of Crete ("Mediterranean Sea region") →	locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion
Tel Aviv Museum of Art ("Mediterranean coast") →	locatedOn
Abraham Abulafia ("Mediterranean region") →	placeOfActivity
Phoenician religion ("Mediterranean basin") →	practicedIn
Nasser Kamel ("Mediterranean region") →	regionOfActivity
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities →	regionOfFocus
Corsu ("Mediterranean region") →	spokenIn
Flavian dynasty ("Mediterranean basin") →	territorialExtent
Andreas ("Southern Europe") →	usedInRegion
Saint Reparata ("Mediterranean region") →	veneratedIn