In oceanography, a mediterranean sea (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən) is a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of water with outer oceans and whose water circulation is dominated by salinity and temperature differences rather than by winds or tides.
[1][2] The eponymous Mediterranean Sea, for example, is almost completely enclosed by Asia, Europe, and Africa.
There are two types of mediterranean sea.