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The Mediterranean Sea has been known by a number of alternative names throughout human history... The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the... in the southeast connects the Mediterranean Sea to the... The Mediterranean is characterized and immediately recognized by its deep blue color... are often considered Mediterranean countries in a wider sense due to their Mediterranean climate... the Mediterranean Sea is subdivided into a number of smaller seas... Mediterranean coast in Israel... Mediterranean coast in Israel... to the Mediterranean Sea and separates... The Mediterranean Sea has an average depth of 1... the Western Mediterranean and the Eastern Mediterranean... The Western Mediterranean covers an area of about 0... evolution of the Mediterranean Sea was provided by the convergence of European and African plates... the Mediterranean also hosts wide extensional basins and migrating... opening of small oceanic basins of the central Mediterranean follows a trench migration and back... the Mediterranean is especially sensitive to astronomically induced climatic variations... Since the Mediterranean is involved in the deposition of eolian dust from the... other connections between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea existed in the past... so that salinity in the Mediterranean is higher than in the Atlantic... conditions result in the outflow of warm saline Mediterranean deep water across Gibraltar... The Mediterranean was once thought to be the remnant of the... the marine biota of the Mediterranean are derived primarily from the... and the marine life of the Mediterranean has had to adapt to its differing conditions in the five million years since the... containing a mix of Mediterranean and Atlantic species... the migration of Red Sea species into the Mediterranean for many decades... into the Mediterranean by the construction of the canal have become a major component of the Mediterranean ecosystem... reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea and protect and improve the marine environment in the area... The Mediterranean is also plagued by...

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