Mediterranean Basin and the World around it

related maps & views

mediterranean climate areas

Mediterranean Basin view

by Blue Marble (NASA)

Mediterranean Basin view

by Google Earth

mediterranean climate limits

of the Mediterranean Basin

coastline

soils (FAO/UNESCO)

significant earthquakes

temperature & precipitation

Bailey ecoregion divisions

shrubs & trees distribution

The above map was assembled from the four 45^o-quads of the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) public domain maps.

The NGDC maps were generated from digital data bases of seafloor and land elevations on a 2-minute latitude/longitude grid. Assumed illumination is from the west; shading is computed as a function of the east-west slope of the surface with a nonlinear exaggeration favoring low-relief areas. A Cylindrical Equidistant projection was used for the World image; the resolution of the gridded data varies from true 2 minutes for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean floors and all land masses to 5 minutes for the Arctic Ocean floor.