Alboran Sea

E25617
body of water sea

The Alboran Sea is the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean, lying between southern Spain and northern Africa and serving as a key marine and shipping corridor between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean basin.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Alboran Sea canonical 34
Alboran Sea region 1
Alboran region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
sea ⓘ
basinCountry Algeria ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
belongsTo Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
borders Algeria ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
climate Mediterranean climate influence ⓘ
connectedTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
connectedVia Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
hasArea approximately 55000 km² ⓘ
hasAverageDepth approximately 1000 m ⓘ
hasDeepWaterOutflowDirection westward toward Atlantic ⓘ
hasHighMarineBiodiversity true ⓘ
hasIsland Alborán Island ⓘ
hasMajorPortOnCoast Almería ⓘ
Melilla ⓘ
Málaga ⓘ
Nador ⓘ
Oran ⓘ
hasMarineProtectedAreas true ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 2000 m ⓘ
hasSalinity lower than central Mediterranean ⓘ
hasSurfaceCurrentDirection eastward from Atlantic ⓘ
hasSurfaceTemperatureRange approximately 14–26 °C ⓘ
hasTectonicSetting convergence of African Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
isImportantFor Europe–North Africa maritime links ⓘ
cetaceans ⓘ
energy transport ⓘ
fisheries ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
migratory seabirds ⓘ
isKeyCorridorBetween Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
isMajorShippingRoute true ⓘ
isSeismicallyActiveRegion true ⓘ
isSubjectTo intense maritime traffic ⓘ
isWesternmostPartOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedBetween North Africa ⓘ
surface form: northern Africa

Andalusia ⓘ
surface form: southern Spain
locatedIn Western Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: western Mediterranean Sea
namedAfter Alborán Island ⓘ
oceanographicFeature Alboran gyre ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
waterMassExchange Atlantic inflow to Mediterranean ⓘ
Mediterranean outflow to Atlantic ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Mediterranean Sea → containsSubdivision → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin → hasMajorSubregion → Alboran Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alboran region
Mediterranean Basin → containsSea → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Balearic Sea → connectedTo → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Ceuta → locatedOn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Melilla → locatedInBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Western Mediterranean → hasPart → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (Spain) → hasViewOf → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Algeciras–Tangier Med → waterBody → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Southwestern Europe → seaBorder → Alboran Sea ⓘ
European seas → partOf → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Rif Mountains → adjacentTo → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Alboran–Balearic Basin → locatedBetween → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Alboran–Balearic Basin → connectedTo → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Alboran–Balearic Basin → namedAfter → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Valencia → adjacentTo → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Alboran gyre → locatedIn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Port of Ceuta → locatedInBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Alborán Island → partOf → Alboran Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alboran Sea region
Alborán Island → region → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Alborán Island → seaBorder → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Costa del Sol Occidental → bordersBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Port of Málaga → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Al Hoceima → locatedOn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Penibaetic System → near → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Bay of Gibraltar → locatedIn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Bay of Gibraltar → hasMouthOn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Gibraltar–Spain border → adjacentTo → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Europa Point Lighthouse → facesBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Port of Almería → locatedOnWaterbody → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Almería → partOf → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Levante → affectsRegion → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Poniente → occursIn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Port of Tarifa → locatedOn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Monte Hacho → nearbyWaterBody → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean coast of Spain → bordersBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ