Levantine Sea

Levantine Sea
Levantine Sea
	Map of the Levantine Sea
	Levantine Sea
	The location of the Levantine Sea
Location	Mediterranean
Coordinates	34°N 34°E / 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)

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]

^ Gacic, Miroslav; Bensi, Manuel (2020-12-10). Ocean Exchange and Circulation. MDPI. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-03936-152-6. It is modified flowing eastward, passes the Sicily Channel and the Ionian Sea and enters the easternmost part of the Mediterranean, the Levantine Sea.
^ Ashwarya, Sujata (2019-05-03). Israel's Mediterranean Gas: Domestic Governance, Economic Impact, and Strategic Implications. Taylor & Francis. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-429-53623-6. The Levantine Sea is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean that includes the territorial waters of Israel, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria.

[1] Gacic, Miroslav; Bensi, Manuel (2020-12-10). Ocean Exchange and Circulation. MDPI. p. 7. ISBN 978-3-03936-152-6. It is modified flowing eastward, passes the Sicily Channel and the Ionian Sea and enters the easternmost part of the Mediterranean, the Levantine Sea.

[2] Ashwarya, Sujata (2019-05-03). Israel's Mediterranean Gas: Domestic Governance, Economic Impact, and Strategic Implications. Taylor & Francis. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-429-53623-6. The Levantine Sea is the easternmost part of the Mediterranean that includes the territorial waters of Israel, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, and Syria.

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