[DOC] [TLE] MSFD-InitialAssessment-PhysicalFeatures - ERA [PAR] between the eastern and the western Mediterranean sub-basins and also ... into 
the deep Ionian Sea with a very sharp escarpment (known as the Malta ... The 
numbers indicate Pantelleria Island (1), Maltese Islands (2), Sicily (3), Tunisia (4) 
and Calabria (5) .... The LIW enters the Sicily Channel through the Medina sill to 
the. [DOC] [TLE] Sicily Channel/Tunisian Plateau: Topography, circulation ... - Rac spa [PAR] May 29, 2015 ... garbens, the Eastern Sill system (Malta plateau and Medina Bank) connects ... 
onto the Sicily channel the MAW splits into two main branches ... the eastern and 
western Mediterranean sub-basins. .... The Empedocle seamount is a large 
underwater relief, rising on the deep sea floor from 250 m to about 500. [DOC] [TLE] Water masses and circulation between the eastern Algerian Basin ... [PAR] eastern Algerian Basin the flow direction of all water masses is eastward close to 
the ... Sicily and Tunisia, and extends into the western Algerian ... cooling of MAW 
during winter in the Ligurian Sea and ... gion, LIW spreads westward and spills 
over the sills of ..... flow splitting at 11E. When impinging on the west coast. [DOC] [TLE] Autosub Science Mission 1 - Flow over sills in the Strait of Sicily [PAR] The eastern Mediterranean Sea experiences a large net evaporation of more 
than 1 ... eastern and western basins of the Mediterranean Sea through the Strait 
of Sicily. ... of changes in outflow over time will give much insight into the changes 
of the ... an autonomous underwater vehicle: The overflow from the Strait of Sicily. [DOC] [TLE] Data-driven simulations of synoptic circulation and transports in the ... [PAR] [1] Data from a hydrographic survey of the Tunisia-Sardinia-Sicily region are 
assimilated ... and dynamics, are providing new insight into the circulation of 
Modified Atlantic Water. (MAW) and Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) in this 
region of the western ... For MAW these insights include a southward jet off the 
east coast of. [DOC] [TLE] PDF(2215K) - Wiley Online Library [PAR] (MAW) and Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) in this region of the western ... 
secondary flow splitting in the Strait of Sicily. For the LIW ... circulation and 
transports in the Tunisia-Sardinia-Sicily region, J. Geophys. .... the transport of 
volume between the Algerian basin, the. Tyrrhenian Sea and the eastern 
Mediterranean. 2. [DOC] [TLE] Book chapter 1 - PROF. ALAN DEIDUN - Webs [PAR] Siculo-tunisian Sill, separating the mediterranean Sea into two halves. in fact, the 
various ... the ragusa Peninsula of Sicily, the maltese islands and the Pelagian 
islands ... combine to split the main incoming (from the Straits of Gibraltar) surface 
sea ... between the Western and eastern basins of the mediterranean Sea, have. [DOC] [TLE] Overview of scientific findings and criteria relevant to identifying [PAR] identifying SPAMIs in the Mediterranean open seas, including the deep sea. ..... 
the Central Tyrrhenian Sea, the Strait of Messina, the Sicily Strait, the .... proposal 
simply splits into three the Western Mediterranean Sea, into two the Ionian Sea 
and ... basin; b) moves the boundary between Ionian Sea and Tunisian Plateau... [DOC] [TLE] Sicilian Channel - Convention on Biological Diversity [PAR] The Sicilian Chanel joins the west and east Mediterranean basins and hosts 
many species ... is the strait of the Sea located between the island of Sicily and 
Tunisia where Pantelleria ... Sea into two principal sub-basins, the eastern and 
the western ... The Sicilian Channel has complex bottom morphology comprising 
two sill... [DOC] [TLE] Mediterranean Sea - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] The Mediterranean Sea is subdivided into a number of smaller seas, each ... the 
Strait of Sicily, which separates the island of Sicily and the coast of Tunisia, 
divides the sea in two main subregions, the Western Mediterranean and the 
Eastern ... The eastern section is made up of the Ionian Basin (northwest of which 
is the... [DOC] [TLE] Assessment of coastal pressures in the MSFD sub-regions

Question: An undersea sill from Tunisia to Sicily splits this sea into eastern & western basins
Answer: Mediterranean Sea