Where is the mediterranean sea located on a map
Countries and Trade Routes near Mediterranean Sea
often times questions are asked
regarding the Mediterranean Sea and many
at times the questions are related to
factors such as the countries that are
around that see or the climatic
condition or sometimes the major ports
or the kind of crops that are produced
in the region of Mediterranean Sea so in
this video we will get to know various
aspects of the Mediterranean Sea so
basically this region over here is the
Mediterranean Sea and all the names of
the countries that you see in the bold
fonts they are the Mediterranean
countries because these countries
surrounding Mediterranean Sea or you can
say that their land boundary is shared
by the Mediterranean Sea now on the
western side of Mediterranean Sea you
will find the Atlantic Ocean and there
is this small place known as Gibraltar
so this place is a British overseas
territory and it is actually not that
big in size anyways this place is like
the gatekeeper for the Mediterranean Sea
to join the Atlantic Ocean and further
it has a very famous name called as the
Strait of Gibraltar and to the south of
Mediterranean Sea you will have the
African continent and at North you have
the European continent and to the east
of it lies the Middle East countries and
to the far north eastern side lies the
Asian continent and roughly the major
portion at this places is owned by
Russia now let us talk about some of the
seas that are there nearby to
Mediterranean Sea because they are
important as well there's not just that
Mediterranean Sea is to be known you
also need to know rest other seas that
are there around it so the first one is
the Caspian Sea
now this over here is a it's a large
enclosed inland body of water and it is
also probably the largest on earth so
when I say inland I basically mean that
it does not joins any sea or ocean
further it is just an inland it is just
a small lake sort of a thing that lies
in between and surrounded by land
so roughly if you have to remember just
think of it this way that it lies to the
north eastern side of Mediterranean Sea
now coming to the second see the the sea
that is next to the Caspian Sea it is
known as Black Sea now surprisingly
Black Sea is not black in color but it
is much darker
due to its algae formation because this
sea is not that much saline when
compared to others
therefore algae formation is at its
prime and when you have a lot of algae
at the bottom of the sea so from the top
it looks as if the sea is dark in color
so that's how it is the Black Sea now
this place over here is called buzz
porous straight so this is the place
where the black sea meets the
Mediterranean Sea now this place lies in
the city of Istanbul which is one of a
city in Turkey and the best part about
this place is that you could actually
see the western side if you are standing
in the city of Istanbul which is on the
eastern side so we can say that this
place is also the place where the east
meets the West I mean this region is
like so close that you can literally see
the land at the other side of the sea
and the third sea is the Red Sea which
is that the southeastern side of the
Mediterranean Sea this C also lies in
between the region of Africa and Middle
East and the famous Swiss canal is built
on the sea which connects the
Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea or by
the way Swiss canal is an artificial
waterway and the British took this way
while coming to India because during
that time British had control over Egypt
and the Swiss canal was very beneficial
for the British now we're going to read
about some of the trade routes on the
Mediterranean Sea now if you look at the
map the Mediterranean Sea is located at
the center of three continents so it is
efficient for trade it is mostly useful
to the eastern countries to transport
goods from Asia throughout Europe in
general there are three different trade
routes and that is through the Pacific
the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean
now the Pacific sea route is taken
while the transportation is to be done
in the countries of North America and
South America but then to reach the
European region the Indian Ocean and the
Atlantic Ocean is the best route so
usually what happens is the ship will go
in a southern direction from China then
it will go to the Indian Ocean and then
it will reach the Cape of Good Hope in
Africa and then the ships can set
direction whether they want to go to the
Western Europe or to the east coast of
the United States to the Swiss canal the
Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea so if you
look at this map it is pretty
understandable that to go to the Western
European side you have to go all around
the African continent and then sail
towards the Western Europe but then if
you choose to go from the Swiss canal it
reduces a lot of time and then there are
a lot of major international boats that
are situated in the Mediterranean Sea
like the port of Algeciras in Spain it
is the largest port in the Mediterranean
and then we have the port of Valencia in
Spain and then we have port of Barcelona
in Spain and then there are a couple of
ports in Italy so a lot of industrial
and agricultural product is transported
to the rest of Europe through these
ports so you can understand how
important Mediterranean Sea routes are
in the next video we'll get to know
about the climatic conditions and some
of the local winds
