Name. The term Mediterranean derives from the Latin mediterraneus, ‘inland’ (medius, ‘middle’ + terra, ‘land, earth’), in Greek “mesogeios”. It was, for example, commonly called Mare Nostrum (Latin, Our Sea), and occasionally Mare Internum by the Romans.
Q. What is the name of the sea to the south of most of Europe?
Mediterranean Sea
Table of Contents
- Q. What is the name of the sea to the south of most of Europe?
- Q. Where is Mediterranean Sea located?
- Q. What is the continent of Mediterranean Sea?
- Q. Which ocean is known as Rathnakara?
- Q. How Bay of Bengal got its name?
- Q. What is the largest bay on earth?
- Q. Which is bigger Arabian Sea or Bay of Bengal?
- Q. What is one of the largest bays in the world?
- Q. Which is the biggest gulf in the world?
- Q. What is the difference between gulfs and bays?
- Q. What is the biggest bay in the United States?
- Q. What’s the difference between an ocean and a sea and a gulf?
- Q. Why is Bay of Bengal not a gulf?
- Q. Is Bay of Bengal dangerous?
Q. Where is Mediterranean Sea located?
Mediterranean is an intercontinental sea located between Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia and connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the strait of Gibraltar.
Q. What is the continent of Mediterranean Sea?
EuropeAfricaAsia
Q. Which ocean is known as Rathnakara?
RATNAKARA – GEMS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN Since ancient times, the Sanskrit name for the Indian Ocean has been Ratnakara, ‘the creator of gems,’ referencing the thousands of jewel-like volcanic islands with mineral rich soil which created a seemingly unending supply of precious gems.
Q. How Bay of Bengal got its name?
The bay gets its name from the historical Bengal region (Modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). In ancient scriptures, this water body may have been referred to as ‘Mahodadhi’ (Sanskrit: महोदधि, lit.
Q. What is the largest bay on earth?
Bay of Bengal
Q. Which is bigger Arabian Sea or Bay of Bengal?
Answer. Here is your answer, Arabian sea is bigger in size than any of Bengal.
Q. What is one of the largest bays in the world?
The Bay of Bengal is the largest bay in the world. The Bay of Bengal covers an area 839,000 square miles.
Q. Which is the biggest gulf in the world?
Gulf of Mexico
Q. What is the difference between gulfs and bays?
While a bay is a broad inlet of the sea, the gulf is a deep inlet of the sea. Bay is semicircular, and so it is enclosed by land from three sides only. As against this, a gulf is a waterbody, whose maximum part is enclosed by land, and has a very small mouth.
Q. What is the biggest bay in the United States?
Chesapeake Bay
Q. What’s the difference between an ocean and a sea and a gulf?
Oceans, rich in seawater, are the largest bodies of water. Gulfs and bays are bodies of water that jut into the land; a gulf is larger, sometimes has a narrow mouth, and is almost completely surrounded by land.
Q. Why is Bay of Bengal not a gulf?
The difference between a bay and a gulf is not clearly defined, but the term bay usually refers to a body of water somewhat smaller than a gulf. Numerous exceptions, however, are found throughout the world, such as the Bay of Bengal, which is larger than the Gulf of Mexico and about the same size as the Arabian Sea.
Q. Is Bay of Bengal dangerous?
Thus, there is good reason to be concerned when a hurricane-strength tropical cyclone gets loose in the Bay of Bengal: Twenty-six of the 35 deadliest tropical cyclones in world history have been Bay of Bengal storms, as seen in wunderground’s list of the 35 Deadliest Tropical Cyclones in World History (note that since …
