Balearic Sea
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The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea,[1] is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic Islands and mainland Spain.[2] The Ebro River flows into this small sea.
Islands and archipelagoes
The Balearic islands are divided into two groups: Gimnesias in the northeast, and Pitiusas in the southwest.[3]
Gimnesias
Pitiusas
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Extent
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Balearic Sea as follows:[4]
Between the Islas Baleares and the coast of Spain, bounded:
On the Southwest. A line from Cape Sant Antoni, Valencian Community (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) to Cape Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Balearic Islands).
On the Southeast. The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Cabrera, Balearic Islands (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) and to Illa de l'Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca.
On the Northeast. The East coast of Menorca up to Cap Favaritx (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) thence a line to Cape Sant Sebastià Catalonia (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).
See also
References
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- ↑ C.Michael Hogan. 2011. Balearic Sea. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington DC
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