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Also known as Mediterranea, Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean Sea drainage basin, Mediterranean Sea basin, Mediterranean Sea watershed

loosely defined region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea

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The Mediterranean Basin is the area of land and sea surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, though its exact boundaries aren't strictly defined. It matters as a historically significant region where multiple civilizations, cultures, and trade networks have developed and interacted over thousands of years.

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Country
Palestine
Area
4000000
Body of water
Gulf of Genoa
Image
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub (Palearctic).svg
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Commons category
Mediterranean Sea Basin
topic's main category
Category:Mediterranean
Köppen climate classification
Mediterranean climate
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Encyclopedic overview

In biogeography, the Mediterranean basin (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that mostly have a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mediterranean Basin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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