Levantine Sea | |
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Location | Mediterranean |
Coordinates | 34°N 34°E / 34°N 34°E |
Type | Sea |
Basin countries | Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, A large number of countries included in drainage basins for inflow rivers |
Surface area | 320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) |
The Levantine Sea (Arabic: بحر الشام, romanized: baḥr as-Shām, or Arabic: البحر الشامي, romanized: al-Baḥr as-Shāmī; Turkish: Levanten Denizi, or Turkish: Levant Denizi; Greek: Θάλασσα του Λεβάντε, romanized: Thálassa tou Levánte; Hebrew: הים הלבנטיני, romanized: ha-Yam ha-Levantíni) is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2]
It is modified flowing eastward, passes the Sicily Channel and the Ionian Sea and enters the easternmost part of the Mediterranean, the Levantine Sea.
The Levantine Sea is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean that includes the territorial waters of Israel, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria.