البحر بين الأمريكتين Intra-Americas Sea
| American Mediterranean Sea | |
|---|---|
 Composite June 2008 satellite image of the American Mediterranean Sea | |
  American Mediterranean Sea | |
| الموقع | The Americas |
| الإحداثيات | 18°N 80°W / 18°N 80°W |
| Type | Sea |
| بلدان الحوض | قائمة
|
| مساحة السطح | 4،200،000 km2 (1،600،000 sq mi) |
| متوسط العمق | 2،216 m (7،270 ft) |
| أقصى عمق | 7،686 m (25،217 ft) |
| الجزر | 1100+ |
| التجمعات السكنية | |
البحر بين الأمريكتين (Intra-Americas Sea ؛ IAS) هو منطقة محيطية تشكلت بجمع خليج المكسيك و البحر الكاريبي، يحده من الشرق جزر مهب الريح مقابل غرب شمال الأطلسي.[1][2][3][4]
The American Mediterranean has a surface area of 4.319 million km2 and an average depth of 2،216 متر (7،270 ft).[5]
Its basins include the Mexico Basin, the Cayman Trough, the Yucatan Basin, the Columbian Basin, the Venezuelan Basin and the Grenada Basin.[6][5][7]
The American Mediterranean is considered one of the oceanic marginal seas. In addition to numerous small islands, large and small groups of islands, and islets, it includes the large islands of Cuba, bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean; of Jamaica, Hispaniola, and of Puerto Rico. All of these islands are among the West Indian islands that separate the American Mediterranean from the Atlantic Ocean.
Between the islands, the American Mediterranean Sea contains the following straits: the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage (Paso de los Vientos), the Mona Passage (Canal de la Mona), the Anegada Passage to Guadeloupe Passage, and the Dominica Passage to Martinique Passage. Within the Mediterranean, the Straits of Yucatán connect the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean, and since the inauguration of the Panama Canal in August 1914, it has been connected to the Pacific.
Watershed
The American Mediterranean Sea drains approximately 6،200،000 km2 (2،400،000 sq mi) in North America and Caribbean South America; it is the 2nd largest sea watershed. The watershed depends on South American water bodies such as the Magdalena River with 257،440 km2 (99،397 sq mi), as well as the Guajira Peninsula and the Gulf of Venezuela. Central American drainages include those of/to the Belize River, Gulf of Honduras, Caratasca Lagoon, Nicaraguan Caribbean Lowlands, and the Colorado River in Costa Rica. In North America, the sea mostly drains the Mississippi River basin of 3،202،230 km2 (1،236،388 sq mi), to the east of the Continental Divide of the Americas, while it drains approximately 610،000 km2 (235،000 sq mi) from the Rio Grande and 198،000 km2 (76،300 sq mi) from the Yucatan Peninsula.[8]
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