Mediterranean sea (oceanography)

Mediterraneans are great addition to waters of the oceans that lie between continents.

On Earth, there are the following Mediterraneans:

• European Mediterranean between Africa, Asia and Europe, a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean
• Black Sea between Asia and Europe, a marginal sea of the European Mediterranean
• Marmara Sea between Asia and Europe, a marginal sea of the European Mediterranean
• Arctic Mediterranean between America, Asia and Europe. Also known as the Arctic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean.
• Australasian Mediterranean Sea between Asia and Australia, a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean
• Red Sea between Africa and Asia. However, due to its much smaller size, it is usually only as an inland sea of the Indian Ocean.
• American Mediterranean when northern, (Central ) and South America considered as a single continent. Applies otherwise than marginal sea. A marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean.

The Caspian Sea between Europe and Asia is not Mediterranean, but a lake as it is completely surrounded by land.