mediterranean sea

English - Turkish

Definition of mediterranean sea in English Turkish dictionary

Akdeniz

O denize Akdeniz denir. - That sea is called the Mediterranean Sea.

Kuzey Afrikalılar az çok İtalyanlar gibidirler. Hepimiz Akdeniz çevresinde yaşayan insanlarız ve birçok kültürel özellikleri paylaşırız. - North Africans are more or less like Italians. We're all people who live around the Mediterranean Sea and we share many cultural traits.

ara deniz

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the Mediterranean Sea

Akdeniz

English - English

Definition of mediterranean sea in English English dictionary

The sea between Europe and Africa

In oceanography, a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans and where the water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than winds

An inland sea surrounded by Europe, Asia, Asia Minor, the Near East, and Africa. It connects with the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar; with the Black Sea through the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus; and with the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. a sea surrounded by the countries of South Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia. Inland sea enclosed by Europe, Africa, and Asia. Its west-east extent is approximately 2,500 mi (4,000 km), while its average north-south extent is about 500 mi (800 km). The Mediterranean Sea occupies an area of about 970,000 sq mi (2,510,000 sq km). It has a maximum depth of about 16,000 ft (4,900 m). In the west the Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean with the Atlantic Ocean. In the northeast the Sea of Marmara, the Dardanelles, and the Bosporus link it with the Black Sea. The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea in the southeast. A submarine ridge between Sicily and Africa divides the sea into eastern and western parts, which are subdivided into the Adriatic, Aegean, Tyrrhenian, Ionian, and Ligurian seas. Its largest islands are Majorca, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete, Cyprus, and Rhodes. The Rhône, Po, and Nile rivers form its only large deltas

sea located between Europe Africa and the Middle East

the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia

Related Terms

The Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean

Hyphenation

Me·di·ter·ra·ne·an sea

Turkish pronunciation

medıtıreyniın si

Pronunciation

/ˌmedətərˈānēən ˈsē/ /ˌmɛdətɜrˈeɪniːən ˈsiː/

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