section_path: Geography/Marginal seas
section_name: Marginal seas
paragraph_text: Marginal seas
  
  The Mediterranean Sea includes 15 marginal seas:
  
  Note 1: The International Hydrographic Organization defines the area as generic Mediterranean Sea, in the Western Basin. It does not recognize the label Sea of Sardinia.
  
  Note 2: Thracian Sea and Myrtoan Sea are seas that are part of the Aegean Sea.
  
  Note 3: The Black Sea is not considered part of it.