and north to south from northern Italy to Morocco. Surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, the hotspot's 2,085,292 km² also include parts of Spain, France, the Balkan states, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria, as well as around five thousand islands scattered around the Mediterranean Sea. West of the mainland, the hotspot includes the Macaronesian Islands of the Canaries, Madeira, the Selvages (Selvagens), the Azores, and Cape Verde. The basin's location at the intersection of two major landmasses, Eurasia and Africa, has contributed to its high diversity and spectacular scenery. The region boasts mountains as high as 4,500 meters, peninsulas, and one of the largest archipelagos in the world. The climate of the Mediterranean Basin is dominated by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers, and rainfall ranges from as little as
The Atlantic (Ocean) The Mediterranean (Sea) The Red Sea The Indian Ocean The Channel(between Franse and Britain) The Suez Channel The (River) Amazon The (River) Thames The Nile We use the with plural names of people and places: People the Taylors (=the Taylor family), the Johnsons Countries the Netherlands, the Philippines, the United States Groups of islands the Canaries / the Canary Islands, the Bahamas, the British Isles Mountain ranges the Rocky Mountains / the Rockies, the Andes, the Alps · The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc. North / norhtern etc: We say: the north (of France) but northern France the south-east (of Spain) but south-eastern Spain Compare: · Sweden is in northern Europe but Spain is in the south. Also: the middle east the Far East
Paris is the capital of France. Iran is in Asia. But we do use the definite article with: • countries whose names include words like kingdom, states or republic: the United Kingdom; the Kingdom of Nepal; the United States; the People’s Republic of China. • countries which have plural nouns as their names: the Netherlands; the Philippines • geographical features, such as mountain ranges, groups of islands, rivers, seas, oceans and canals: the Himalayas; the Canaries; the Atlantic; the Atlantic Ocean; the Amazon; the Panama Canal. • newspapers: The Times; The Washington Post • well known buildings or works of art: the Empire State Building; the Taj Mahal; the Mona Lisa; the Sunflowers • organisations: the United Nations; the Seamen’s Union • hotels, pubs and restaurants*: the Ritz; the Ritz Hotel; the King’s Head; the Déjà Vu *Note: We do not use the definite article if the name of the hotel or restaurant is the name of the owner, e.g
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