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Mediterranean Basin

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

AI overview

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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Vinony's link graph records 1,958 inbound references to Mediterranean Basin, and connects out to languages of Europe, Indian Ocean and South Asia.

It sits within the topics Drainage basins of the Mediterranean Sea, Environment of the Mediterranean and Floristic regions.

Vinony links it to 68 Wikipedia language editions.

Research

4,363 papers

Viroids of the Mediterranean Basin.ReviewViruses · 2024Kaponi M, Kyriakopoulou PE, Hadidi ADOI: 10.3390/v16040612
Mediterranean Basin Erica Species: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Jabal KA, Pigott M, Sheridan H et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules30122616
Edible Flowers Used in Some Countries of the Mediterranean Basin: An Ethnobotanical Overview.ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Motti R, Paura B, Cozzolino A et al.DOI: 10.3390/plants11233272
The Association Between High Ambient Temperature and Mortality in the Mediterranean Basin: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current environmental health reports · 2023Perry T, Obolski U, Peretz CDOI: 10.1007/s40572-022-00386-0
The enemy at home: leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean basin, Italy on the focus.ReviewExpert review of anti-infective therapy · 2020Gianchecchi E, Montomoli EDOI: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1751611
Transmission patterns of Leishmania tropica around the Mediterranean basin: Could Morocco be impacted by a zoonotic spillover?ReviewPLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2022El Idrissi Saik I, Benlabsir C, Fellah H et al.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010009
God save the queen! How and why the dominant evergreen species of the Mediterranean Basin is declining?ReviewAoB PLANTS · 2023Alderotti F, Verdiani EDOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plad051
Nature-based solutions for coastal risk management in the Mediterranean basin: A literature review.ReviewJournal of environmental management · 2024Motta Zanin G, Muwafu SP, Máñez Costa MDOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120667

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Wikidata facts

Area: 4000000
Image: Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub (Palearctic).svg

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Commons category: Mediterranean Sea Basin

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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.

Geography

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