Balearic Sea

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The Balearic Sea is a northwestern part of the Mediterranean Sea located between eastern Spain and the Balearic Islands.

Aliases (1)


Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea
sea
adjacentTo Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
surface form: "Balearic archipelago"

Catalonia
Valencian Community
basinCountry Spain
connectedTo Alboran Sea
Ligurian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
countryBorder Spain
governedBy Spanish maritime law
hasBiodiversity Mediterranean monk seal habitat
Posidonia oceanica meadows
surface form: "Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows"

various cetacean species
hasClimate Mediterranean climate
hasConservationStatus partly covered by marine protected areas
hasEconomicActivity shipping routes between Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
hasFeature Balearic Sea
surface form: "Balearic abyssal plain"

submarine canyons
hasIsland Formentera
Ibiza, Spain
surface form: "Ibiza"

Mallorca
Minorca
surface form: "Menorca"
hasMajorPort Barcelona
Palma de Mallorca
Valencia
hasRecreationActivity sailing
scuba diving
yachting
hasSubregion Alboran–Balearic Basin
Gulf of Valencia
locatedBetween Balearic Islands
eastern coast of Spain
locatedIn Western Mediterranean
surface form: "northwestern Mediterranean Sea"
oceanPartOf Atlantic Ocean via Mediterranean Sea
partOf Mediterranean Sea
Western Mediterranean
surface form: "Western Mediterranean Basin"
separates Balearic Islands
Iberian Peninsula
usedFor fishing
maritime transport
tourism
waterBodyType saltwater body

Referenced by (9)

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

Gulf of Lion adjacentTo Balearic Sea
Balearic Islands borderedBy Balearic Sea
eastern Spain bordersBodyOfWater Balearic Sea
subject surface form: "Eastern Spain"
Balearic Sea hasFeature Balearic Sea
this entity surface form: "Balearic abyssal plain"
Western Mediterranean hasPart Balearic Sea
Southwestern Europe seaBorder Balearic Sea
Malvarrosa Beach waterBody Balearic Sea