loosely defined region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea
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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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.
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