MEDITERRANEAN SEA

LOCATION

• The Mediterranean is located in the center of ;
• Europe
• Anatolia
• North Africa
• East levant

GEOGRAPHY

• The Sea of Marmara lies in the Mediterranean .
• It is connected to the Red Sea by the Suez Canal.
• Climate is hot, dry summers, and mid rainy winters.

DEPTH AND SALINITY

• Depth-average of 1500m (4900ft).
• Salinity- 38 parts per thousand

SALINITY ON MARINE

• The drying of the sea from the Messinian salinity crisis caused the marine
• life to migrate from the Atlantic.
• The bottle head dolphins and harbor porpoises had to adapt to the
• difference in condition in the Mediterranean.
• Due to increased salinity,invasive species have taken over.

SUNLIGHT ON MARINE LIFE

• Evaporation exceeds precipitation, which makes the water
• very salty.
• The result of this is the colonization of the Reticulate Whipray, a
• species coming from the Red Sea into Eastern Mediterranean.

CLIMATE CHANGE

• Climate change projections include a decrease
• in precipitation and increased warming.
• Decreased precipitation is caused by a shift
• in the storm track in the Atlantic.