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Levantine Sea
Easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Levantine Sea (Arabic: بحر الشام, romanized: baḥr as-Shām, or Arabic: البحر الشامي, romanized: al-Baḥr as-Shāmī; Turkish: Levanten Denizi, or Turkish: Levant Denizi; Greek: Θάλασσα του Λεβάντε, romanized: Thálassa tou Levánte; Hebrew: הים הלבנטיני, romanized: ha-Yam ha-Levantíni) is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2]
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Location | Mediterranean |
Coordinates | 34°N 34°E |
Type | Sea |
Basin countries | Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, A large number of countries included in drainage basins for inflow rivers |
Surface area | 320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) |
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