Original: As the African Plate moves slowly north-northeastward, it is plowing up the sediment layers of the Mediterranean, lifting them from the seabed, and in one area already, above sea level, causing the island of Cyprus.
Simplified: As the African Plate moves slowly north-northeastward, it plows up the sediment layers of the Mediterranean, lifting them from the seabed, and then above sea level, making the island of Cyprus.