Western Mediterranean

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region sea area

The Western Mediterranean is the western portion of the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding coastal regions, encompassing areas such as the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, and parts of Italy and North Africa.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
western Mediterranean Sea 5
northwestern Mediterranean Sea 2
Western Mediterranean Basin 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region ⓘ
sea area ⓘ
borders Algeria ⓘ
Corsica ⓘ
France ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italy (country)

Morocco ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Southern France ⓘ
surface form: southern France
climate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
connectedBy Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
Strait of Sicily ⓘ
connectedTo Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
containsIsland Balearic Islands ⓘ
Corsica ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
hasFeature deep basins ⓘ
narrow continental shelves ⓘ
hasPart Alboran Sea ⓘ
Balearic Sea ⓘ
Ligurian Sea ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
historicallySignificantFor cultural exchange between Europe and North Africa ⓘ
maritime trade routes ⓘ
naval conflicts ⓘ
influences climate of surrounding coastal regions ⓘ
knownFor fisheries ⓘ
intense maritime traffic ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedOn African Plate ⓘ
Eurasian Plate ⓘ
majorPort Algiers ⓘ
Barcelona ⓘ
Genoa ⓘ
Marseille ⓘ
Tunis ⓘ
Valencia ⓘ
opensTo Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
seaSurface saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Mediterranean Fleet → areaOfOperations → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Strait of Bonifacio → connects → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea
Italic languages → geographicDistribution → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Alboran Sea → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea
Balearic Sea → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Mediterranean Sea
Corsica → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Kingdom of Majorca → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Ligurian Sea → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwestern Mediterranean Sea
Magna Graecia → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Punic Wars → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Sardinia → locatedIn → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Second Punic War → location → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Balearic Islands → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Balearic Sea → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Mediterranean Basin
Gulf of Lion → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea
Gulf of Tunis → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Strait of Bonifacio → partOf → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea
Aragonese florin → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Nuragic civilization → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Strait of Gibraltar → region → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Latin → regionHistoricallySpoken → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Genseric → regionOfActivity → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
Tyrrhenian region → seaConnection → Western Mediterranean ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Mediterranean Sea