The Mar Mediterrâneo is a sea of oriental Atlantic, understood among southern Europe, western Asia and Africa of the north; with approximately 2,5 million km², it is the largest interior sea of the world. Mar Mediterranean waters take a bath the three peninsulas of the south of Europe (Iberian, Italic and the one of Balcãs) and one of Asia, that they call with Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar, with the Black Sea (for the straits of Bósforo and of Dardanelos), and with the red Sea (in the channel of Suez) it Reaches its largest depth, 5121 meters, in the Mar Jónico, to south of Grécia Países taken a bath by Mediterranean: Europe (of west for this): Spain, France, Mónaco, Italy, Eslovénia, Croatia, Bósnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece and Turquia Ásia (of north for south): Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestina África (of this for west): Egipto, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco insular States: Malta and Cyprus Although they are not taken a bath by the Mar Mediterrâneo, Portugal, in Europe, and Jordânia, in Asia, countries mediterrânicos is considered due to the geographical proximity and its likeness with the countries of Mediterranean.
Main coastal cities of Mediterranean: Gibraltar, a British colónia Málaga, Cartagena, Valência, Barcelona, Ceuta and Melilha, in Espanha Marselha, Nice and Ajácio, in França Mónaco, in Mónaco Génova's Principality, Livorno, Cagliari, Naples, Palermo, Bari, Venice and Trieste, in Itália Valetta, in Malta Split, Dubrovnik and Rijeka, in Croácia Durrës, in Albânia Corinto, Pireu, Tessalónica and Heráclio, in Grécia Istambul, Esmirna, Antália and Iskenderun, in Turquia Latakia, in Síria Beirute, in Líbano Jafa and Haifa, in Israel Alexandria, in Egipto Bengazi and Trípoli, in Líbia Sfax and Tunis, in Tunísia Argel and Orão, in Algeria