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# Mediterranean Sea

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an intercontinental sea between Europe, Africa and Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2,5 million square km. The sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the [Gibraltar Straits]? on the west and to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by Dardanelles and Bosporus on the east. Marmara Sea but not the Black Sea is often considered as a part of Mediterranean Sea. The [Suez Canal]? in the south east connects the Mediterranean with the [Red Sea]?.

The major islands are Cyprus, Crete?, Rhodes? on the east, Sardinia?, Corsica?, Sicily in the middle and Majorca? on the west. The climate is generally composed of wet winters and hot, dry summers. Special crops of the region are olive, grape, orange and tangerine.

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