Mediterranean seas

This article is about the term. For the namesake sea, see Mediterranean Sea.

In oceanography, a mediterranean sea (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən) is a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of water with outer oceans and whose water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than by winds or tides.[1][2] The eponymous Mediterranean Sea, for example, is almost completely enclosed by Asia, Europe, and Africa.

  1. ^ Kämpf, Jochen (2010). "5.5.2: Mediterranean Seas". Advanced Ocean Modelling: Using Open-Source Software. Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 138. ISBN 9783642106101. Retrieved 2017-09-05. Mediterranean seas of the Indian Ocean are the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, and the Australasian Mediterranean Sea, including the Banda, Sulu, Sulawesi and Java Seas, being connected with the Pacific Ocean.
  2. ^ Tomczak, M.; Godfrey, J. Stuart (2003). "Chapter 7: Arctic oceanography; the path of North Atlantic Deep Water" (PDF). Regional oceanography: an introduction (2nd ed.). Delhi: Daya. ISBN 8170353068. OCLC 52613155. Retrieved 23 May 2019.