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1 the Strait of Messina, between Sicily and the toe of ________

2 The ________ occurred in the late Miocene when the Mediterranean dried up.

3 The climate is a typical ________ with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.

4 the Tyrrhenian Sea enclosed by ________, Italian peninsula and Sicily;

5 the Catalan Sea, between Iberian Peninsula and ________, as a part of the Balearic Sea

6 the Strait of Gibraltar, connects the ________ to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco

7 What does the following picture show?  A satellite image taken from the side of the Strait of Gibraltar. At left, Europe: at right, Africa.   Turqueta beach, in the Spanish island of Menorca.   Ksamil Islands in Saranda, Albania   Predominant currents for June

8 the ________, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula

9 ________ (from north to south): Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel

10 In addition, the Hellenic Arc experienced a rapid rotation phase during the ________, with a counterclockwise component in its eastern portion and a clockwise trend in the western segment.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the round fantail stingray has recently colonized the Mediterranean Sea, but not as a Lessepsian migrant?
  • the northern whiting (pictured) has been declared an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean, having passed through the Suez Canal as part of the Lessepsian migration?
  • the Vadigo, a species of carangid fish, is believed to be expanding its range in the Mediterranean Sea?
  • the first steamship in the Mediterranean Sea basin, Real Ferdiando I, was launched on September 27, 1818, from the Port of Naples?
  • the largest surface action during World War I in the Mediterranean was the Battle of the Strait of Otranto (ships pictured)?
  • the free-floating fruit of Posidonia oceanica (pictured), a Mediterranean seagrass, is known as the "olive of the sea"?
  • the honeycomb stingray (pictured) has expanded its range into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal?
  • the European Cenozoic Rift System extends from the Mediterranean to the North Sea?
  • Romanus, the second Bishop of Rochester, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea?
  • ANTARES, a neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea, will find neutrinos from outer space by looking downward, into the Earth?
  • Zakynthos Marine Park in Greece is the first national park established for the protection of sea turtles (Loggerhead Sea Turtle pictured) in the Mediterranean?
  • Percnon gibbesi is the most invasive decapod species ever to enter the Mediterranean Sea?
  • the Battle of Sena Gallica, fought in 551 AD, was the last major naval battle to take place in the Mediterranean Sea for more than a century?
  • the Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
  • "Carolina in My Mind", James Taylor's nostalgic 1968 song about growing up in North Carolina, was written in London and on the Mediterranean islands of Formentera and Ibiza?
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