Mediterranean Sea

The marshy region of the Nile near the Mediterranean Sea is known as the Nile Delta. It is a fertile area formed by sediment deposits carried by the river, and it is an important agricultural region in Egypt.

Not possible to give a pinpoint location because of its vast size. If you wish you could read off an approximate range of values from an atlas.

Red Sea is 300 km (190 miles) across at its widest point, and about 1900 km (1,200 miles) in length. Maximum depth of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).

Black Sea is 436,400 sq.km. (168,500 sq.ft.) in size with a maximum depth of 2200 metres (7,218 ft).

The Black Sea is larger than the Red Sea.

Atmospheric pressure is defined as the force per unit area exerted against a surface by the weight of air.

Air pressure above sea level can be calculated as

p = 101325 (1 - 2.25577 10-5 h)5.25588

where

p = air pressure (Pa)

h = altitude above sea level (m) The standard atmosphere is a unit of pressure and is defined as being equal to 101.325 kPa.

Bodh Gaya is located in India. It is a religious site and pilgrimage destination in association with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex which is where Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment. It is in the state of Bihar.

The Straits of Gibraltar connect the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean.

The countries that border the Aegean Sea are Turkey, Greece and the Island of Crete.
Turkey, Greece and Crete
Greece and Turkey.
The countries are Turkey, Greece, and the Island of Crete.

At STP it is 1 bar

Cyprus is the largest island country, although the northern section is occupied by Turks who declared their own sovereignty.

The two larger islands in the Mediterranean are Sicily and Sardinia, both part of Italy.

The Phoenicians were the group that mainly settled in the islands of the western part of the Mediterranean Sea, such as modern-day Malta, Sicily, and the Balearic Islands. They were skilled seafarers and traders who established colonies and trade outposts in strategic locations across the Mediterranean.

Some popular seaside resorts on the Spanish Mediterranean coast include Marbella, Ibiza, and Valencia. These destinations offer beautiful beaches, vibrant nightlife, and delicious Mediterranean cuisine. Each resort has its own unique charm and attractions for visitors to enjoy.

There are thousands of islands in the Mediterranean Sea (if you count the seas that branch off it like the Aegean and Adriatic).

The ten largest islands in the Mediterranean are: Sicily (IT), Sardinia (IT), Cyprus (CYP), Corsica (FR), Crete (GR), Euboea (GR), Majorca (ES), Lesbos (GR), Rhodes (GR), Chios (GR)

Some other famous islands in the Mediterranean include: Minorca (ES), Corfu (GR), Ibiza (ES), Djerba (TUN), Malta (MAL), Samothraki (GR), Ithaka (GR), and Capri (IT).

To read a much more complete list, see the Related Link below.

Stromboli, located in Italy, is known as the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean" due to its frequent eruptions that occur roughly every 10-20 minutes. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and has been erupting continuously for thousands of years.

For every 10 millibar drop in air pressure, sea level rises by about 1 centimeter. This relationship is a result of the inverse barometric effect, where lower air pressure causes the water level in the ocean to rise. This effect is often seen in association with storms or low-pressure systems.

This is a question involving figuring out a partial pressure. As in Dalton's law of partial pressures. (Gotta give the man his props. He earned them.) Without splitting hairs and working things to ten decimals, air pressure at sea level is about 14.7 psi, and N2 makes up about 78% of air. Crunch the numbers and the partial pressure of nitrogen will be a bit under 11.5 psi. To beat this one to death, look up the percentage of nitrogen in the air and the air pressure at sea level to as many decimals as you'd like. Then multiply. Just so you know, John Dalton said that the sum of the partial pressures of gases in a mixture will equal the total pressure of the gas. And that was back in 1801.

Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

A peninsula a portion of land surrounded by water on three sides that juts from a larger landmass. Examples include Florida, Baja California, and Italy. Peninsulas can be any shape or size. For example, Italy looks like a boot. Florida is more finger-shaped.

The largest Peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. It includes six countries and part of Iraq.

Shallow parts of the sea or ocean are called shoals or shallows. They are areas where the water depth is relatively shallow, making them potentially hazardous for navigation.

That's a tough question to answer as posed due to variables such as temperature and pressure. However, using a standard day (temperature of 15C and pressure of 29.92 in. Hg or 1013 hPa) we can calculate the decrease in pressure as a function of altitude and come up with an approximate (uncorrected) value. Baguio is approximately 1500 meters (or 4875 feet) in elevation and using a rule of thumb, the pressure decreases approximately 1 in. Hg per thousand feet of altitude gained. This is an approximate figure and only works with smaller altitude changes. However, 4875 feet would roughly equate to a pressure change of -4.875 inches yielding a pressure of 25.05 in. Hg, or 848 hPa.

Despite the fact that you often hear people refer to a 'Tsunami' as a 'Tidal Wave', they are not the same. Although they are both sea waves, they are totally un-related phenomenon. A Tidal wave is a shallow wave of water caused by the gravitational interactions between the Sun, Moon and Earth. In comparison, a Tsunami is a sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide displacing the ocean water.

If one reviews the full extent of the last ice age, there is proof that the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean for an unknown period of time due to the drop of the Atlantic Ocean from the transfer of its water to the glaciers, ice fields and expanded ice flows and ice sheets. That which happened in the Arctic, happened in Antarctica.

The cut off point would be a silt dam at the Strait of Gibraltar. There are various places in the Mediterranean Sea that would have changed to fresh water lakes over a period of maybe 10s of thousands of years.

More study is needed, but if one researches, one will discover that part of the timetable for refilling of the Mediterranean Sea happened roughly just several thousand years ago. How long was it cut off from the Atlantic Ocean?

What would the cutoff Mediterranean Sea looked like after thousands of years of Ice Age run off and silt from hundreds of rivers around the Sea? This would have changed the shore lines of the Mediterranean Sea. There would be two land bridges at Gibraltar and at the boot toe of Italy.

The new fresh water seas would have been bordered by commerce. The area of the Mediterranean would have had a different climate due to the compression of Typography towards the Equator. Rain was common.

The Mediterranean Sea of today would have been much different just 12,000 years ago. The Myths of Atlantis and Eden could have basis.

Add 16 Dec. 2010

Here is more evidence that the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from The Atlantic Ocean. A news release out of Libya

reflects that Libya was once flooded by the Mediterranean Sea with fresh water.

"The most important of these aquifers, or water bearing rock strata, were laid down during a geological time when the Mediterranean Sea flowed southward to the foot of the Tibesti Mountains, that are situated on Libya's border with Chad."

This brings us to two questions that need to be addressed.

One, With The Atlantic Ocean cut off at Gibraltar Strait, with rivers during the ice age dumping dumping silt and forming large unrestrained deltas, knowing that rains fell here during the ice age creating an unknown topography that allowed farming, how much silt would be needed to fill the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea bed east of the Italy boot?

Two, would there have been enough silt to form the fourth river in Genesis 2 as described and make its way off the coast of present day Israel and Syria and cut through the Suez gap to Egypt?

If so, strongly speculating, then the Jordan River and the Dead Sea would have been the third river and made it's way to the Red Sea. The Tigris and Euphrates would have been fed as stated from a major river flowing in the area between Turkey and Cyprus.

If there was a tremendous amount of fresh water from rains, not common at this time and periodic runoff from the glaciers and ice sheets north and south of the Mediterranean Sea bed as we know it today and a tremendous amount of silt dumped into the sea bed we would have had a different picture of the Mediterranean sea bed. There could have been the major river and the four rivers mentioned in Genesis.

Where is the Mediterranean silt today?

The power of the last ice age deluge can be found in the USA in the making of the Columbia River Gorge, The Badlands, The Scablands of Washington State, the Ohio River, Mammoth Cave, The Tennessee River Valley and the English Channel to name some samples. It is said the silt from the Appalachian Mountains can be found from Utah to Texas.

Could the ice age deluge, using the Volga and other major rivers in the sea bed have washed away the silt?

Maybe.

The final solution then remains, is chapter 2 of Genesis poetry or a handed down oral history from 15,000 to 20,000 years ago?

Many cities border the Mediterranean Sea, including, but not limited to:

UK: Gibraltar

Spain: Barcelona, Tarragona, Valencia, Murcia, Almeria, Ceuta, Melilla, and Málaga

France: Marseille, Nice, Cannes, Ajaccio, and Toulon

Italy: Genoa, Naples, and Palermo

Malta: Valetta

Croatia: Dubrovnic

Albania: Durrës

Greece: (basically the whole country is on the Aegean/Mediterranean) Athens, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Corfu, Napflio, Ithaka, Chania, Rethymno, Rhodes, Zakynthos

Turkey: Izmir, Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye, Antalya, Iskenderun

Cyprus: Larnaca, Limassol

Syria: Latakia

Lebanon: Beirut, Byblos, Sidon, Tripoli, Tyre

Israel: Acre, Haifa, Netanya, Tel Aviv, Ashdod, Ashqelon

Palestine: Gaza

Egypt: Alexandria, Port Saïd, Mersa Matruh

Libya: Tripoli, Benghazi

Tunisia: Tunis

Algeira: Oran, Algiers

Morocco: Nador, Al-Hoceima, Tetouan

the longitudinal and latitudinal extent of the mediterranian

The Mediterranean Sea does not have an official capital city as it is a body of water surrounded by several different countries. Each coastal country has its own capital city, but the sea itself does not have a capital.