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Mediterranean climate. A Mediterranean climate ( / ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən / MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən ), also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude). Such climates typically have dry summers and wet winters, with summer ...
The Strait of Gibraltar is the only water passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is between Europe and Africa; on one side is the southern tip of Spain and Gibraltar, and on the other is northern Morocco and Ceuta . The distance between the Rock of Gibraltar and Morocco is only 7.7 nautical miles (14.24 kilometers, 8.9 ...
The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is the southwest part of Europe. Like other peninsulas, it is mostly surrounded by sea. To the south and east of the peninsula is the Mediterranean Sea. To its north and west is the Atlantic Ocean. It is the third largest peninsula of Europe with an area of 582,860 km². The name Iberia is the Ancient Greek ...
It is 11 km (6.8 mi) wide and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea. Rivers. Sardinia has few major rivers, the largest being the Tirso, 151 km (94 mi) long, which flows into the western Mediterranean Sea, the Coghinas (115 km [71 mi]) and the Flumendosa (127 km [79 mi]).
Italy is a peninsula. It is surrounded by the sea on all of its sides except its north side. Northern Italy is separated from France, Switzerland, and Austria by the Alps, [8] a chain of mountains. Mont Blanc ( Monte Bianco in Italian or white mountain in English), the highest mountain in Western Europe, [9] is in this chain.
Kyrenia castle, northern Cyprus. Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea and member state of the European Union. Cyprus is in Asia, but the country is often associated with Europe because of the culture and history of the people. It is also closer to Africa than to Europe.
The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal ). It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the ...
