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Mediterranean Sea

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Area
2.50M km²
Coordinates
35.0000, 18.0000
Category
oceans

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Cradle of ancient civilisations - the sea at the centre of the Old World.

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The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea situated between Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern Europe, and on the south by North Africa.

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