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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Mediterranean region 92
Mediterranean Basin canonical 86
Mediterranean Sea region 38

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 Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasHighEndemismIn amphibians ⓘ
freshwater fishes ⓘ
reptiles ⓘ
vascular plants ⓘ
hasKeyIslandRegion Corsica ⓘ
Crete ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
hasKeyRiverMouth Ebro Delta ⓘ
Lower Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Nile Delta

Po Delta ⓘ
Rhône delta ⓘ
surface form: Rhône Delta
hasLongHistoryOf interconnected human civilizations ⓘ
hasMajorSubregion Adriatic region ⓘ
Aegean islands ⓘ
surface form: Aegean region

Alboran Sea ⓘ
surface form: Alboran region

Anatolian coasts ⓘ
Balkan Peninsula coasts ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula coasts ⓘ
Italian Peninsula coasts ⓘ
Levantine coasts ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
surface form: 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 Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mediterranean Sea region
partOf Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
surface form: 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 (264)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Europe → hasSubregion → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Italy → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Greece → region → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Eastern Mediterranean → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
ichthys → culturalRegion → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
subject surface form: Ichthys
this entity surface form: Mediterranean world
Mediterranean Sea → isSubdivisionOf → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea → hasCoastalRegion → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Republic of Letters → hasGeographicScope → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
PT → hasSubregion → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Mediterranean Theater of Operations → location → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
European American → hasAncestralOrigin → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Balkans → partOf → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Tel Aviv Museum of Art → locatedOn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean coast
Crisis of the Third Century → location → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Central Europe → borderRegionOf → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Malta → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Andreas → usedInRegion → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Sicily → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Europe
Gibraltar → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Greek Antiquity → hasRegion → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Black Death → hasLocation → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sea region
Mediterranean Basin → hasBiome → Mediterranean Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean forests woodlands and scrub
Southern Italy → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Tunis → partOf → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Silk Road routes → connects → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Union for the Mediterranean → regionServed → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Ichkeul National Park → partOf → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot
Argemone → introducedTo → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
North Atlantic area → borderedBy → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Christianization of the Roman Empire → location → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Cupressus sempervirens → nativeTo → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Abraham Abulafia → placeOfActivity → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Ajaccio → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sea region
Sea of Marmara → isPartOf → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean basin
Battle of Abukir (1799) → geographicalFeature → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean coast
Cedrus → nativeTo → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Tyrrhenian Sea → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Alboran Sea → belongsTo → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Corsu → spokenIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Testudo graeca → nativeTo → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
Testudo graeca → geographicDistribution → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Phoenician religion → practicedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean basin
Ancient Mediterranean world → locatedIn → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
EUBAM Libya → regionServed → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Roman civil wars → hasMainLocation → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Vitis vinifera → nativeTo → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities → regionOfFocus → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
King of Aragon → appliesToJurisdiction → Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean region