The Mediterranean watershed take yard of miles of coastlines and stretch across twelve of country on three Continent . The topography ranges from steep , snowy mountains to savorless , dry desert , not including the hundreds of island that dot the ocean .
The Mediterranean basinful contains thousand of stat mi of coastline and reach across dozens ofcountrieson three continent . The topography ranges from usurious , snow-covered stack to level , ironic desert , not including the 100 of islands that disperse the sea . Just as an array of cultures mix and gibe throughout the regions of the Mediterranean , so do varieties of animate being and plant .
Continental Europe
Much of what is often think of as the Mediterranean region consists of continental European land , such as Italy and Greece , which are mostly surrounded by sea . Some of the most plebeian animals in this area , sheep and wild wild boar , are those used as sources of food . less roll in the hay creature native to the area include Eleonora ’s falcon off the slide of Greece , and the chamois goat around the Balkans . One of the most mutual and useful plant aboriginal to this region is the olive industrial plant , which grows especially well along the hills of Greece and Italy . legion herbs , such as basil , rosemary and thyme , also thrive here .
North Africa
Although North African countries on the Mediterranean , such as Tunisia , are in close proximity to Europe , they are home to an raiment of dissimilar mintage of animals and plant . Elephants , gazelles and camels are vulgar in this realm ; yet other animals , like sheep , which are common throughout Mediterranean country , exist here as well . As for works life , North Africa differ the most , simply because of the warmth and dispassion of the neighborhood . Although European olive tree plants are bountiful , desert plant , such as the briery Pyrus communis and other cacti , are also dominant . Closer to the coast are Mediterranean shrubs like juniper , which have spindly leaves and produce belittled berries .
Anatolia
At the easterly boundary of the Mediterranean Sea is Anatolia , which consists of Turkey and the ingress to Asia and the Middle East . As in the Mediterranean region of continental Europe , wild stooge are quite mutual here , specifically the bezoar goat , which makes its house in the cragged areas . An endangered brute of the region is the Anatolian Panthera pardus , which once range freely about the Mediterranean hills , but is now limited in number . plant found in this region include the Turkish sweetgum , a plant used for its sap , and the common , leafy green terebinth industrial plant .
Islands
The Mediterranean Sea is dot with more than 100 populated islands , from the Straits of Gibraltar to the sea-coast of Lebanon . Off the coast of Croatia lie Korcula , which is home to a bombastic population of jackals and mongooses . Bay laurel plants and lavender can also be discover throughout the island . Closer to the Middle East , on the island of Cyrpus , the endangered Mediterranean monk cachet can still be found , along with an array of aboriginal bat . Plants on Cyrpus admit the pheasant ’s eye , the bugle and the herb basil and thyme . Malta , near the coast of Africa , has a number of specifically Maltese species , from the Maltese wall lizard to the Maltese freshwater Cancer . Plants found on the island also include a unique strain of orchids , love as Ophrys bombyliflora .
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