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Mediterranean Basin
Also known as Mediterranea, Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean Sea drainage basin, Mediterranean Sea basin, Mediterranean Sea watershed
loosely defined region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea
AI overview
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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Research
4,363 papers- Viroids of the Mediterranean Basin.ReviewViruses · 2024Kaponi M, Kyriakopoulou PE, Hadidi ADOI: 10.3390/v16040612
- Mediterranean Basin Erica Species: Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Jabal KA, Pigott M, Sheridan H et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules30122616
- Edible Flowers Used in Some Countries of the Mediterranean Basin: An Ethnobotanical Overview.ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Motti R, Paura B, Cozzolino A et al.DOI: 10.3390/plants11233272
- The Association Between High Ambient Temperature and Mortality in the Mediterranean Basin: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current environmental health reports · 2023
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Article
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.
Geography