Mediterranean Sea

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The Mediterranean Sea is a large inland sea bordered by Europe, Africa, and Asia, historically vital for trade, culture, and military strategy.


Statements (99)
Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water
inland sea
sea
borderedByContinent Africa
Asia
Europe
borderedByCountry Albania
Algeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Cyprus
Egypt
France
Greece
Israel
Italy
Lebanon
Libya
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Palestine
Slovenia
Spain
Syria
Tunisia
Turkey
connectedBy Bosporus
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Strait of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea
Red Sea
containsSubdivision Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Alboran Sea
Balearic Sea
Ionian Sea
Levantine Sea
Ligurian Sea
Sea of Crete
Tyrrhenian Sea
deepestPointLocatedIn Hellenic Trench
drainsInto Atlantic Ocean
facesEnvironmentalIssue biodiversity loss
invasive species
marine pollution
overfishing
givesNameTo Mediterranean climate
Mediterranean region
hasArea approximately 2,500,000 square kilometers
hasAverageDepth approximately 1500 meters
hasAverageSalinity about 38 PSU
hasClimate Mediterranean climate along coasts
hasCoastalRegion Mediterranean Basin
hasDeepestPoint Calypso Deep
hasHigherSalinityThan Atlantic Ocean
hasInflow Dardanelles
Strait of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
hasMajorIsland Corsica
Crete
Cyprus
Euboea
Lesbos
Mallorca
Rhodes
Sardinia
Sicily
hasMajorPort Alexandria
Algiers
Barcelona
Genoa
Haifa
Izmir
Marseille
Naples
Piraeus
Valencia
hasMaxDepth over 5000 meters
hasOutflow Strait of Gibraltar
hasTidalRange generally low
hasWaterBalance net evaporation basin
historicallyUsedFor cultural exchange
maritime trade
naval warfare
isImportantFor fisheries
shipping
tourism
isSubdivisionOf Mediterranean Basin
locatedOnPlanet Earth
partOf Atlantic Ocean
wasCentralTo Ancient Greek civilization
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Phoenician civilization
Roman Empire

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 613)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Acre
Alexandria Governorate
Alexandria, Egypt
Alghero
Algiers
Almería
Almuñécar
Alpes-Maritimes
Annaba
Antalya
Antibes
Apollonia (port of Cyrene)
Ashdod
Barcelona
Bat Yam
Beirut
Berytus
Brega
Byblos
Caesarea Maritima
Cagliari
Calvi – Sainte-Catherine Airport
Cannes
Canopus
Carthage
Carthage Palace
Casbah of Algiers
Castellón de la Plana
Cavalaire-sur-Mer
Ceuta
Citadel of Qaitbay
Collioure
Corse-du-Sud
Cyrenaica
Damietta
Deir al-Balah
Derna
El Alamein
El Arish
Fort Saint-Jean
Fort Saint-Nicolas
French Riviera
Furiani
Gaza City
Grau-du-Roi
Haifa
Herzliya
Hippo Regius
Jaffa
Karaalioglu Park
Khoms District
Kingdom of Valencia
Latakia
Leptis Magna
Libya
Limassol
Limassol Marina
Malvarrosa Beach
Marsa Matruh
Marsala
Marseille
Massilia
Melilla
Misrata
Monaco
Montaza Palace
Monte Carlo
Málaga
Nice
Oran
Pamphylia
Port Said
Port of Barcelona
Port of La Goulette
Port of Misrata
Port of Nice
Port of Tel Aviv
Port of Valencia
Port-la-Nouvelle
Portlligat
Promenade des Anglais
Propriano
Province of Valencia
Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
Republic of Genoa
Russian naval facility in Tartus
Sabratha
Saint-Tropez
Sanremo
Selinus in Cilicia
Sidon
Sirte
Sitia
Tarabulus al-Gharb
Tarifa
Tarragona
Tartus
Tel Aviv
Tobruk
Toulon
Trapani
Tripoli
Tripoli (Lebanon)
Tripolitania
Turkish Riviera
Tyre
Valencia
Valencian Community
Var
Zawiya
Ṭarābulus
locatedOn
Aboukir Bay
Arwad
Balearic Islands
Bay of Haifa
Calypso Deep
Château d’If
Comino
Corsica
Corsicans
Crete
Cyprus
Djerba
European continental shelf
Frioul Islands
Gozo
Gulf of Antalya
Gulf of Lion
Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
Gulf of Trieste ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
Gulf of Tunis
Hellenic Trench
Ibiza
Judicate of Arborea
Libyan Sea
Maddalena Archipelago naval facilities
Mallorca
Minorca
Nuragic civilization
Raouché Rocks
Sardinia
Sardinians
Saronic Gulf ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
Sicily
Strait of Bonifacio
Strait of Otranto
Valletta
Vulcano
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
locatedIn
Andalusia
Asia Minor
Balkans
British Mandate for Palestine
Caliphate of Córdoba
Canaan
County of Barcelona
County of Nice
Cyrenaica
Dodecanese
Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip
Europe
French North Africa
Gaul
Gaza Strip
Iberian Peninsula
Italian Libya
Jabal al Akhdar
Languedoc AOC
Malta
Mauretania (ancient kingdom)
Middle East
Principality of Catalonia
Province of Barcelona
Province of Valencia
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Sahara Desert
Sinai Peninsula
Southwestern Europe
Ta-Mehu
Western Desert
borderedBy
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Alexandria Governorate
Aude
Bizerte Governorate
Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas
Gard
Gard
Gozo
Hérault
Israel
Khoms District
Lebanon
Liguria
Lower Egypt
Mani Peninsula
Mediterranean Region of Turkey
Municipality of Rhodes
North Governorate
North Sinai Governorate
Northern Morocco
Occitanie
Province of Barcelona
Rethymno regional unit
Southern France
Tel Aviv District
Valencian Community
Var
hasCoastlineOn
Aragonese conquest of Sardinia
Battle of Calabria
Battle of Cape Matapan
Battle of Cape Spada
Battle of Cape Spartivento
Battle of Minorca (1756)
Battle of the Nile
British naval blockade of Europe
European theatre of World War II
First Barbary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Great Siege of Malta
Italo-Turkish War
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Mediterranean Theater of Operations ("Mediterranean Sea region")
Mediterranean U-boat campaign
Napoleonic Wars
Operation Halberd
Operation Pedestal
Operation Substance
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717
War of the Quadruple Alliance
War of the Third Coalition
armed forces of the Habsburg Monarchy
shipwreck of the Beatrice
location
Akdeniz University
Antonine Baths
Archangelos (Rhodes)
Aspendos
Barcelona El Prat Airport
Borg El Arab
Canet-en-Roussillon
Carmel Range
Cyrene
El Alamein War Museum
Haifa Airport
Limassol Castle
Montpellier
Mount Carmel
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
Pelusium
Riffians
Tarsus
Technical University of Crete
Théâtre de Verdure ("Méditerranée (sea)")
Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Zakros
locatedNear
Anatolia
Aude
Barceloneta Beach
Bizerte Governorate
Camargue
Cap Bon Peninsula
Catalonia
Hérault
Judea
Laconia
Levant region
Libyan Coastal Plain
Mediterranean Region of Turkey
Metropolitan France
Mount Lebanon
North Sinai Governorate
Northeast Africa
Old Town (Vieux-Nice)
Tel Aviv District
Var
borders
Africa
Alexandria Governorate
Algiers Province
Italian Peninsula
Kyrenaikē
Middle East and North Africa
North Africa
North Governorate
Northern District, Israel
Province of Almería
bordersBodyOfWater
Aboukir Bay
Bay of Haifa
Cap Bon Peninsula
Eastern Spain
LFMN
Lara Beach
Latakia
North Governorate
locatedOnCoastOf
Antalya Airport
Antioch on the Orontes
Côtes du Roussillon AOC
Haifa–Carmel Beach railway station
Kaleiçi
Rafah Crossing
Sabratha Roman theater
Valley of the Temples
near
Cimiez Monastery cemetery, Nice
Corniche Beirut
Düden Waterfalls
Jardin Albert Ier
Park Güell
Place Masséna ("Mediterranean Sea vicinity")
hasView
Hıdırlık Tower
Karaalioglu Park
MUCEM
Promenade des Anglais
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin cemetery
Sierra Nevada (Spain)
hasViewOf
Augusta Naval Base
Cagliari Naval Base
Elba
Ischia
Vieux-Port de Marseille
Zakynthos
locatedInBodyOfWater
Alexandria
Benghazi
Cartagena Naval Base
Molos promenade
RAF Akrotiri
Tangier
locatedOnBodyOfWater
Agly
Nile
Orb
Rhône River
Tech
Têt
mouth
Azov-Black Sea waterway system
Bosporus ("Mediterranean Sea via Dardanelles and Aegean Sea")
Canal du Midi
European inland shipping network
Sea of Marmara
connectsTo
Jezreel Valley
Lake Ichkeul ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
Maritime Alps
Qurnat as Sawda ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
Tarabulus al-Gharb
drainageBasin
Nile
Orb
Rhône River
Rhône delta
Tech
emptiesInto
Düden Waterfalls
Ebro River
Orb
Turia River
Têt
flowsInto
Atlantic coast ("Mediterranean Sea via Strait of Gibraltar")
Jaffa
Neve Tzedek
Northwest Africa
adjacentTo
Alpes-Maritimes
Asia
Morea
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
bordersSea
Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea
Gulf of Cádiz
St. Symeon
connectedTo
Canet-en-Roussillon
Castellón de la Plana
Cavalaire-sur-Mer
Gaza Strip
hasCoastline
French Surface Fleet
Juan de Lángara
Mediterranean Fleet
areaOfOperations
Doris
Moor's head flag
Pontus
associatedWith
Greece
Kingdom of Majorca
Libya
coastlineOn
Dardanelles
Strait of Gibraltar
Suez Canal
connects
Jet2holidays ("Mediterranean")
Quaker City excursion of 1867 ("Mediterranean")
Virgin Voyages ("Mediterranean")
destinationRegion
Brindisi Naval Base
Cagliari Naval Base
La Spezia Naval Base
hasAccessTo
Northwest Africa
Spain
Syria
hasCoastOn
Archaeological Site of Carthage
Chania
Corniche of Alexandria
locatedBy
French flagship L’Orient
L’Orient
Thomas Foley
navalTheater
Bastia – Poretta Airport
Nice Côte d’Azur Airport
Vallauris
nearBodyOfWater
Libya
Palestine
borderFeature
Algeria
El Arish
borderingBodyOfWater
France
Morocco
borderSea
Qart Hadasht
Tripoli
coast
Egypt
Turkey
coastOn
Lebanon Mountains ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
Taurus Mountains ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
drainageDivideFor
Alps
Judean Mountains
drainageTo
GR11 long-distance footpath
Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenne
endPoint
War of the Sicilian Vespers
World War II battles
hasLocation
Aboukir Bay
Lara Beach
hasWaterBody
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
navalPower
Spartiate
Tribal-class destroyer (1936 design)
navalTheatre
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Tartus
nearbyBodyOfWater
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Mitiga International Airport
nearbyWaterBody
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez ("Mare Nostrum")
İlhan Berk ("Galile Denizi")
notableWork
Europa Point
adjacentToSea
LS ("Mediterranean")
airlinePrimaryDestinationsRegion
EXS ("Mediterranean")
airlinePrimaryRegionServed
Kriegsmarine High Command
appliesToJurisdiction
HMHS Britannic
armedConflictTheatre
Adolf Eichmann
ashesScatteredIn
Pillars of Hercules
associatedBodyOfWater
Amazigh flag
blueRepresents
Charybdis
bodyOfWater
Tunisia
borderBodyOfWater
Isthmus of Suez
borderedByWaterBody
Ancient Mediterranean world
centeredOn
Marsa Matruh ("Mediterranean Sea moderation")
climateInfluence
Jabal al Akhdar
climateInfluencedBy
Corbières AOC
climaticInfluence
French Algeria
coastline
Pompey the Great ("the Mediterranean Sea")
commandedRegion
European route E25
connectsBodyOfWater
Occitanie
containsCity
GR10 long-distance footpath
crossesMountainRangeTo
Kingdom of Murcia ("Mediterranean")
culturalInfluence
Agly
dischargesInto
Langres Plateau ("Mediterranean Sea basin")
drainageDivideBetween
Black Sea
drainsTo
Pyrenees
easternTerminusNear
GR10 long-distance footpath
endSea
Corsi
ethnicGroupRegion
Cap Bon Peninsula
extendsInto
Silk Road routes
extendsTo
Tripoli Cathedral (former)
facing
Around the World in 80 Days
featuresLocation
Rhône Valley
flowsTowards
Lotus case
geographicalContext
Allied convoy system
geographicScope
Ceuta
hasBodyOfWater
Ionian Sea
hasDeepestPointIn
Istria ("Mediterranean")
hasHeritage
Levant region
hasMajorSea
Northeast Africa
hasMajorSeaCoast
Tech
hasMouthLocation
Corniche of Alexandria
hasScenicViewOf
Arab world
hasSea
Castle Hill (Colline du Château)
hasViewTowards
Dominate ("Mediterranean")
historicalRegion
Roussillon AOC
influencedBy
Oran
isCoastalCityOf
Miramare Marine Reserve
isInBodyOfWater
Alboran Sea
isKeyCorridorBetween
University of Aix-Marseille
isLocatedNear
Adriatic Sea
isSubseaBasinOf
Alboran Sea
isWesternmostPartOf
Gulf of Aden
linkedWaterBody
Isthmus of Suez
linksSea
Carcassonne
locatedBetween
Ogygia
locatedInNarrative
Malia
locatedInSeaBasin
Rhegion
locatedInSeaRegion
King of Sicily
locatedInTheRegion
Mitiga International Airport
locatedOnCoast
Corniche Beirut
locatedOnWaterbody
HMS Minotaur
locationOfOperation
HMS Zulu
locationOfOperations
French–Italian border
lowestPoint
War of the Two Peters
mainTheater
Kingdom of Spain
majorSea
Crown of Aragon
maritimeExpansion
Kingdom of Aragon
maritimePower
François-Paul Brueys d’Aigalliers
militaryTheater
Turia River
mouthLocatedIn
Mediterranean monk seal
nativeTo
Alexandria Conference Center
nearbyAttraction
Murcia
nearbySea
Allied merchant shipping
notableTheater
Calypso Deep
oceanBasin

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