Mediterranean Sea

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body of water inland sea sea

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

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All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
Mediterranean Sea canonical 3,146
Mediterranean Sea basin 48
Mediterranean 22

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 ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Levantine Sea

Ligurian Sea ⓘ
Aegean Sea ⓘ
surface form: 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 Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek civilization

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Phoenician civilization ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (3,243)

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

European theatre of World War II → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean → connectedTo → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
United States Navy → operatesIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Europe → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
France → borderSea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Greece → coastlineOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean → partOf → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Egypt → coastOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Arab world → hasSea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Libya → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Libya → borderFeature → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Libya → coastlineOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Turkey → coastOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Rhône River → mouth → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Rhône River → emptiesInto → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Asia → bordersSea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Nice → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
North Africa → bordersBodyOfWater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Tunisia → borderBodyOfWater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Theater of Operations → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Judea → borders → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Middle East → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Alexandria → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Ottoman Empire → navalPower → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Russian Black Sea Fleet → operatesIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Spain → hasCoastOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Lower Egypt → hasCoastlineOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Beirut → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Limassol → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Corsicans → locatedIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Balkans → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
French–Italian border → lowestPoint → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Algeria → borderingBodyOfWater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Israel → hasCoastlineOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Phoenician civilization → sea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Benghazi → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sinai Peninsula → seaAdjacentTo → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Black Sea → connectedTo → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Leptis Magna → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Spanish Navy → operatesIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Battle of Malta → theater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Morocco → borderSea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Cyrene → locatedNear → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
U-boats → primaryTheater → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Nile → mouth → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ