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.

Nile → emptiesInto → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Cyprus → locatedIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Suez Canal → connects → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Suez Canal → waterSource → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Malta → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Barcelona → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
HMS Arethusa → theatreOfOperations → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sicily → locatedIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sicily → seaBorder → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pyrenees → easternTerminusNear → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Jet2.com → regionServed → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean
Asia Minor → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Syria → hasCoastOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Nile → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Camargue → borders → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Algiers → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Sahara Desert → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Calypso Deep → locatedIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Calypso Deep → oceanBasin → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
War of the Quadruple Alliance → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Lebanon → hasCoastlineOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Aegean Sea → partOf → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Haifa → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Gaza Strip → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Gaza Strip → hasCoastline → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Black Sea and Sea of Azov → drainsTo → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Sea
Strait of Gibraltar → connects → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Valencia → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
HMS Kimberley → theatre → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Place Masséna → hasView → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sea vicinity
Marseille → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Tel Aviv → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin → surrounds → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Byzantine Empire → navalPower → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Tiber → partOf → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sea basin
Tripoli → locatedOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Tripoli → coast → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Hellenic Trench → locatedIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Hellenic Trench → oceanOrSea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Canaan → borderedBy → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea → partOf → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Ionian Sea → hasDeepestPointIn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pentelic marble → regionOfUse → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean
Knights Hospitaller → regionOfActivity → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Municipality of Rhodes → hasCoastlineOn → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur → bordersSea → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Aristippus → region → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mediterranean
MTO → location → Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Mediterranean Theater of Operations
this entity surface form: Mediterranean Sea region