Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea as follows: Stretching from the Strait of Gibraltar in the west to the entrances to the Dardanelles and the Suez Canal in the east, the Mediterranean Sea is bounded by the coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia, and is divided into two deep basins: Being nearly landlocked affects conditions in the Mediterranean Sea: for instance, tides are very limited as a result of the narrow connection with the Atlantic Ocean. The Mediterranean is characterised and immediately recognised by its deep blue colour. Evaporation greatly exceeds precipitation and river runoff in the Mediterranean, a fact that is central to
Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America had previously collaborated on two other volumes in the Helm series, on terns and skuas. The following is a list of errors in the corrected reprint: Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America by Klaus Malling Olsen and Hans Larsson is a volume in the "Helm Identification Guides" series of bird identification books. The book is intended to succeed Peter J. Grant's "" as the standard identification work on Northern Hemisphere gulls. Although the Helm series already contained a volume on seabirds, by Peter Harrison, gulls compete for space in that volume with