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Manzala, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Manzala, Lake mĕn– [key], saltwater lagoon, c.660 sq mi (1,710 sq km), NE Egypt, near Port Said, partly separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a narrow peninsula. The Suez Canal cuts through the e...Kishon
(Encyclopedia)Kishon kīˈshŏn [key] [Heb. Qishon=tortuous], intermittent river, c.45 mi (70 km) long, rising below Mt. Gilboa, N Israel, and flowing NW to the Mediterranean Sea near Haifa; only the lower 7-mi (11...Lampedusa
(Encyclopedia)Lampedusa, island, 8 sq mi (20.7 sq km), S Sicily, Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Tunisia, the largest of the Pelagie Islands and Italy's southernmost territory. Il Porto is the onl...Mostaganem
(Encyclopedia)Mostaganem mōsˌtägänĕmˈ [key], city (1998 pop. 124,399), capital of Mostaganem prov., NW Algeria, a port on the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded in the 11th cent. and reached its commercial hei...Iskenderun
(Encyclopedia)Iskenderun ălˌĭgzăndrĕtˈə [key], city, S Turkey, on the Gulf of Alexandretta, an inlet of the ...Hadera
(Encyclopedia)Hadera hədāˈrä [key], town, W Israel, on the plain of Sharon, near the Mediterranean Sea. ...Mareotis
(Encyclopedia)Mareotis märˈyo͞ot [key], salt lake, c.95 sq mi (250 sq km) excluding marshes, N Egypt, in the Nile delta. It is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by the narrow isthmus on which Alexandria is si...Mersin
(Encyclopedia)Mersin ēchĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 420,750), capital of Içel prov., S Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea. A rail terminus and modern seaport, it exports cotton, petroleum products, chrome, copper,...Alpes-Maritimes
(Encyclopedia)Alpes-Maritimes älp-märētēmˈ [key], department, SE France, bounded by Italy on the east and the Mediterranean Sea on the south and surrounding the independent princip...Bodrum
(Encyclopedia)Bodrum bōˈdrum [key], town, Muğla prov., SW Turkey, on the Bodrum peninsula on the Aegean ...Browse by Subject
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