What the waters of the Mediterranean Sea have to offer.

Mediterranean Sea – an intercontinental sea lying between Europe, Africa and Asia, with an area of ​​about 2.5 million km². The salinity of the Mediterranean waters is 33-39‰.

In the west, it is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar, in the east, through the Dardanelles, it connects to the Sea of ​​Marmara and further through the Bosphorus to the Black Sea, and through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea and further to the Indian Ocean.

This inland sea is the only one in the world surrounded by lands belonging to three parts of the world. Thousands of years ago, culture and science flourished here, agriculture, crafts, trade and navigation developed. Rich relics of old civilizations have remained in this area – individual monuments and entire cities. The common feature of these countries, apart from access to the sea, is the Mediterranean climate and vegetation.

The following countries and dependent territories lie on the Mediterranean Sea (clockwise): Gibraltar, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Cyprus (including Northern Cyprus and Akrotiri and Dhekelia), Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel (including the Gaza Strip), Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Most of the countries of the Mediterranean basin cooperate within the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.