The Mediterranean Sea west of the Strait of Gibraltar through the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of the Black Sea through the Turkish Straits, southeast of the Suez Canal out of the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, Europe, Asia and Africa between the three continents of the important shipping lanes, but also to communicate with the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean between the important channel. Important seaports along the coast are Gibraltar (Britain), Marseille (France), Durres (Albania), Algiers (Algeria), Port Said (Egypt) and so on.
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The Mediterranean Sea is a typical Mediterranean climate region, with dry, hot summers and little rain, and warm, wet winters, a climate that causes the surrounding rivers to rise with rain in the winter, and dry and dry in the summer. Winter is controlled by the westerly wind belt, frontal cyclone activity is frequent, the climate is mild, the average temperature of the coldest month is between 4-10 ℃.
Summer is under the control of subtropical high pressure, the airflow sinks, the climate is hot and dry, and clouds are scarce. Annual precipitation of 300-1000 millimeters, about 60%-70% in the winter half of the year, and only 30%-40% in the summer half of the year. The climate is characterized by winter rain and summer dryness.
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