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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
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 (11)

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

Balearic Sea → connectedTo → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Mediterranean Basin → containsSea → Alboran Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alboran region
Western Mediterranean → hasPart → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (Spain) → hasViewOf → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Melilla → locatedInBodyOfWater → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Ceuta → locatedOn → Alboran Sea ⓘ
European seas → partOf → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Southwestern Europe → seaBorder → Alboran Sea ⓘ
Algeciras–Tangier Med → waterBody → Alboran Sea ⓘ