Levantine Sea

Levantine Sea
Map of the Levantine Sea
Levantine Sea is located in Eastern Mediterranean
Levantine Sea
Levantine Sea
The location of the Levantine Sea
LocationMediterranean
Coordinates34°N 34°E / 34°N 34°E / 34; 34 (Levantine Sea)
TypeSea
Basin countriesGreece, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, A large number of countries included in drainage basins for inflow rivers
Surface area320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi)

The Levantine Sea (Arabic: بحر الشام, romanizedbaḥr as-Shām, or Arabic: البحر الشامي, romanizedal-Baḥr as-Shāmī; Turkish: Levanten Denizi, or Turkish: Levant Denizi; Greek: Θάλασσα του Λεβάντε, romanizedThálassa tou Levánte; Hebrew: הים הלבנטיני, romanizedha-Yam ha-Levantíni) is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gacic, Miroslav; Bensi, Manuel (2020-12-10). Ocean Exchange and Circulation. MDPI. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-03936-152-6. It is modified flowing eastward, passes the Sicily Channel and the Ionian Sea and enters the easternmost part of the Mediterranean, the Levantine Sea.
  2. ^ Ashwarya, Sujata (2019-05-03). Israel's Mediterranean Gas: Domestic Governance, Economic Impact, and Strategic Implications. Taylor & Francis. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-429-53623-6. The Levantine Sea is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean that includes the territorial waters of Israel, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria.

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