Mediterranean-sea Sentence Examples

Yet its result was a disappointment to those who had looked for means of inland navigation by the Macquarie river, and by its supposed issue in a mediterranean sea.

It stands also as a breakwater between the eastern and western divisions of the Mediterranean Sea.

The distribution of the beds of marine origin shows that the sea crept upon the eastern and southern borders of the continent auring the period, covered the western plains, and formed a great mediterranean sea between the eastern and western lands of the continent, connecting the Gulf of Mexico on the south and the Arctic Ocean on the north.

The greatly varied Arctic coast line of Canada with its large islands, inlets and channels is too much clogged with ice to be of much practical use, but Hudson Bay, a mediterranean sea 850 m.

Near Alcira the Jucar turns south-eastward, and then sharply north, curving again to the south-east before it enters the Mediterranean Sea at Cullera, after a total course of 314 m.

There is no evidence to show that at the time of the rise of Buddhism there was any substantial difference, as regards the barriers in question, between the peoples dwelling in the valley of the Ganges and their contemporaries, Greek or Roman, dwelling on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Such are the Mediterranean Sea and the Caribbean Sea, connected with the Atlantic Ocean; the Arabian Sea, a division of the Indian Ocean, and the China and Japan Seas of the western Pacific Ocean.

In the Himalaya the geological sequence, from the Ordovician to the Eocene, is almost entirely marine; there are indeed occasional breaks in the series, but during nearly the whole of this long period the Iimalayan region, or at least its northern part, must have been beneath the sea - the Central Mediterranean Sea of Neumayr or Tethys of Suess.

Beyond their general utility and value as sources of lime, few of the corals present any special feature of industrial importance, excepting the red or precious coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea.

The precious coral is found widespread on the borders and around the islands of the Mediterranean Sea.

These southern foothills of the Alps have a very pleasant climate, due to the effect of the nearby mediterranean sea.

The " Mediterranean region," as a geographical unit, includes all this area; the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora are within its submerged portion, and the climate of the whole is controlled by the oceanic influences of the Mediterranean Sea.

Gandia is on the left bank of the river Alcoy or Set-pis, which waters one of the richest and most populous plains of Valencia and enters the Mediterranean Sea at the small harbour of Gandia (El Grao), 3 m.

The French hills above the Mediterranean Sea are filled with fields of flowers, most of which are used in the region's huge perfume industry.

The roots of Mediterranean decor and interior design reach back to the countries lining the Mediterranean Sea including Italy, Spain, France, Greece, and Morocco.

You don't want to forget the light blue-sky colors or the Mediterranean Sea colors that range from aqua to deep-water blues.

Blue is a great accent color to use in a Tuscan kitchen because it brings to mind the sparkling Mediterranean sea.

Blues mingled with light beiges will reflect the Mediterranean Sea and shoreline.

There are sixteen countries that border the Mediterranean Sea and this culinary landscape yields many common characteristics.

Fish and Shellfish - Despite the fact that the Mediterranean Sea has been over fished, fish and seafood is an integral part of the diet.

European discount cruises can make the wonders of Venice, the Greek islands, Barcelona, and other popular ports along the Mediterranean Sea and northern European shores much more affordable.

The Mediterranean Sea is located along southern Europe and touches not only European countries, but also northern Africa and Middle Eastern nations with unusual ports of call.

More than 80 million people live on the river, which runs 4,184 miles in length and winds through nine nations, from Lake Victoria in Uganda to the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt.

This wine region is located on the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean Sea and is the largest wine producing region in France with an estimated 600,000 acres "under vines."

The disorder takes its name from the fact that these ethnic groups live in countries along or near the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

The research group in France that codiscovered the protein in 1997 named it marenostrin, after mare nostra, the Latin words that the ancient Romans used for the Mediterranean Sea.

The "Mediterranean region," as a geographical unit, includes all this area; the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora are within its submerged portion, and the climate of the whole is controlled by the oceanic influences of the Mediterranean Sea.

Herodotus (himself a notable traveller in the 5th century B.C.) relates that the Egyptian king Necho of the XXVIth Dynasty (c. 600 B.C.) built a fleet on the Red Sea, and confided it to Phoenician sailors with the orders to sail southward and return to Egypt by the Pillars of Hercules and the Mediterranean sea.

Suess; the southern, of which the Indian peninsula is but a fragment, is called Gondwanaland by Neumayr, Suess and others; while the intervening sea is the central Mediterranean sea of Neumayr and the Tethys of Suess.

Four great intercontinental enclosed seas are included between adjacent continents - the Arctic Sea, the Central American or West Indian Sea, the Australo-Asiatic or Malay Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

Between these land masses lay a great Mediterranean sea - the " Tethys " of Suess.