Dictionary definition: Sardinia

Article: Vortices of the Mediterranean Sea: An Altimetric ...
Journal of Physical Oceanography;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... statistical properties of Mediterranean Sea vortices observed by satellite ... Chassignet 1992). In the Mediterranean Sea, while there exists a wide ... understanding of the dynamics of the Mediterranean Sea over the last 20 years ... until the entrance of the Sardinia Channel. ...

Article: MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Young Students Learning Library;      379 words ... ... ancient times, the Mediterranean Sea has been a busy commercial ... Ibiza), Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Crete ... developed around the Mediterranean sea. The Romans called ... around Africa. The Mediterranean Sea provides jobs for ...

Article: Mediterranean Sea
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...Mediterranean Sea [Lat.,=in the midst of lands ... seas; its chief islands are Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Malta ... Miloradov, ed., Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea (1987); M. Grant, The Ancient ...

Article: MARINE POLLUTION: MEDITERRANEAN SEA STILL VICTIM TO ...
Europe Environment;  April 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the French surveillance zone of the Mediterranean Sea (from the Spanish border with Italy, south of Sardinia), according to CROSSMED, the Regional ... Bonifacio straits between Corsica and Sardinia, of which 15% carried a total of 558 ...

Article: French battleship sunk in 1917 found on Mediterranean ...
Asian News International;  February 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... sunk in 1917, in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. According to a report by BBC News, the ship, known as ... sailors still onboard, lies 35km southwest of the island of Sardinia. The ship, named after the French revolutionary Georges ...

Article: Devolution and development--the Sardinian experience: the recent ...
Town and Country Planning;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... But in recent times, Sardinia and its economy have been ... Cathedrals in the desert Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily. The coastal ... 6 million inhabitants, Sardinia is far less densely populated ...

Article: Sardinia on a plate
Evening Standard - London;  February 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Location Sardinia lies in the middle of the Mediterranean sea below Corsica and 120 miles ... roughly the size of Wales. Sardinia is an autonomous region of ... times when hotels are full. Sardinia is very quiet outside this ...