The eponymous Mediterranean Sea, for example, is almost completely enclosed by Asia, Europe, and Africa.
List of mediterranean seas
The mediterranean seas of the Atlantic Ocean
- The namesake Mediterranean Seas, including the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, the Aegean Sea (including the so called Thracian Sea and Sea of Crete), the Adriatic Sea, the Alboran Sea, the Ligurian Sea, the Balearic Sea, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Sea of Marmara.
- The Arctic Ocean (or Arctic Mediterranean Sea, which many[who?][quantify] regard as an ocean)
- The American Mediterranean Sea: the combination of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
- The Baltic Sea
- Baffin Bay
The mediterranean seas of the Indian Ocean
The mediterranean seas of the Pacific Ocean
Types of mediterranean seas
There are two types of mediterranean sea.
Concentration basin
- A concentration basin has a higher salinity than the outer ocean due to evaporation, and its water exchange consists of inflow of the fresher oceanic water in the upper layer and outflow of the saltier mediterranean water in the lower layer of the connecting channel.
- The Red Sea
- The Persian Gulf
- The Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea is also a concentration basin as a whole, but the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea are dilution basins (see below) owing to the Danube, Don, and Dnieper Rivers and the Po River respectively.
Dilution basin
- A dilution basin has a lower salinity due to freshwater gains such as rainfall and rivers, and its water exchange consists of outflow of the fresher mediterranean water in the upper layer and inflow of the saltier oceanic water in the lower layer of the channel. Renewal of deep water may not be sufficient to supply oxygen to the bottom.
Exceptions
See also
References
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