WebOlive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil.It is commonly used in cooking: for frying foods or as a salad dressing.It can be found in some cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soaps, and fuels for traditional oil …

WebThe Southeastern Anatolia Region (Turkish: Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey.The most populous city in the region is Gaziantep.Other examples of big cities are Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Adıyaman.. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Region to the west, the Eastern Anatolia Region to the north, Syria to …

WebArabic use. Al-Sham or Shām (شام), the historical name for the Greater Syria region, now most commonly known as the Levant or the eastern Mediterranean, including the modern countries of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Cyprus and Turkey's Hatay Province.. Bilad al-Sham, the Caliphate province of the same region; Jund al-Sham, militant group …

WebAram (Imperial Aramaic: ܐܪܡ, romanized: Ārām; Hebrew: אֲרָם, romanized: Arām) was a historical region mentioned in early cuneiforms and in the Bible.The area of Aram did not develop into a bigger empire, it consisted of a number of small states in present-day Syria and northern Palestine.Some of these states are mentioned in the Old Testament, …

WebAn Australian region tropical cyclone is a non-frontal, low-pressure system that has developed within an environment of warm sea surface temperatures and little vertical wind shear aloft in either the Southern Indian Ocean or the South Pacific Ocean. Within the Southern Hemisphere there are officially three areas where tropical cyclones develop on …

WebThe Basque Country region is dominated by a warm, humid and wet oceanic climate. The coastal area is part of Green Spain and by extension, the climate is similary for Bayonne and Biarritz as well. Inland areas in Navarre and the southern regions of the autonomous community are transitional, with continental mediterranean climate , with somewhat …

WebMalta (/ ˈ m ɒ l t ə / MOL-tə, UK also / ˈ m ɔː l t ə / MAWL-tə, Maltese: ), officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta [rɛˈpʊbːlɪkɐ tɐ ˈmɐltɐ]), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea.It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Sicily (), 284 …

WebThe Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Siberian region; the Mediterranean Basin; the Sahara and Arabian Deserts; and Western, Central and East Asia.The Palaearctic …

WebSouthern Europe is the southern region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is essentially marked by the Mediterranean Sea.Definitions of Southern Europe include some or all of these countries and regions: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Turkey (East Thrace), Gibraltar, …

WebThe Levant (/ l ə ˈ v æ n t /) is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.In its narrowest sense, which is in use today in archaeology and other cultural contexts, it is equivalent to a stretch of land bordering the Mediterranean in South-western Asia, i.e. the historical region of …