Question: The project that would have led to the lowering of the surface of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m was devised by an architect who died in which year ?

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Herman Sörgel: Herman Sörgel (2 April 1885— 25 December 1952) was a German/ Bavarian architect from the early to mid 1900's.  He was known for pioneering the Atlantropa project which was initially conceived as a solution to the economic and political turmoil gripping Europe in the early 20th century.  Atlantropa called for dams built across the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and between Sicily and Tunisia.  The dams would provide hydroelectric power and would be overseen by a newly formed independent body with the authority to discontinue energy to any country posing a threat to peace.  Sörgel actively promoted his ideas until his death in 1952.

Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone: Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones, sometimes referred to as Mediterranean hurricanes or medicanes, are rare meteorological phenomena observed in the Mediterranean Sea.  Due to the dry nature of the Mediterranean region, formation of tropical cyclones is infrequent, with only 99 recorded tropical-like storms between 1948 and 2011.  No agency, however, is officially responsible for monitoring the formation and development of medicanes.  Tropical cyclogenesis typically occurs within two separate regions of the sea.  The first region, encompassing areas of the western Mediterranean, is more conducive for development than the other, the Ionian Sea to the east.  The rough mountainous geography of the region raises additional difficulties despite being favorable for the development of severe weather and convective activity in general, and only with abnormal meteorological circumstances can medicanes form.  Numerous studies have been conducted on the impact of global warming on Mediterranean tropical cyclone formation, generally concluding that fewer yet more intense storms would form.

Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer: The Yarkon-Taninim Aquifer is located in Israel/Palestine.  It is a limestone aquifer.  It is located under the foothills of the center of the country.  It is used by Israel for roughly 340 million cubic meters of water every year and for the Palestine the use approximately 20 million cubic meters a year.  The aquifer goes down the Mediterranean sea, beginning in the North west of Israel and going South.  The water recharges in the Judean mountains and ends in Taninim Springs on the coast of the Mediterranean sea.  Some problems with the aquifer is it underlies the dead sea which the salt could contaminate the aquifer,

Australasian Mediterranean Sea: The Australasian Mediterranean Sea is a mediterranean sea located in the area between Southeast Asia and Australasia.  It connects the Indian and Pacific Oceans.  It has a maximum depth of 7,440 m and a surface area of 9.08 mil.  km².

Bahiret el Bibane: Bahiret el Bibane (Arabic: بحيرة البيبان‎ ‎ ) is a lagoon located at the zarzis region of Tunisia.  The heritage of this wetland is recognized internationally by the Ramsar Biban Lake is a coastal lagoon located in the state of civilians from the south-east of Tunisia is the administrative track Zarzis, 10 km north Bnqirdan City, and 20 km south of the city of Zarzis .  An area of 27 thousand hectares, the largest lake in the Mediterranean basin rich in fish different Kalorath and sea bass and mullet, etc., and a height of between 0 and 10 m from the surface of the sea .  [1] which is a coastal lagoon large, with a length of 32 km and display maximum 10 km and the rate of 4 m deep, which is partially separated from the Mediterranean Sea, as related by several channels width of the largest of 800 m .  [1] and enter the fish.  It is therefore to be considered a natural reserve of fish that you enter from the Mediterranean Sea, as well as the birds that winter destination, pink Kalnham and cormorants and cranes .  [1]

Atlantropa: Atlantropa, also referred to as Panropa, was a gigantic engineering and colonisation idea devised by the German architect Herman Sörgel in the 1920s and promoted by him until his death in 1952.  Its central feature was a hydroelectric dam to be built across the Strait of Gibraltar, which would have provided enormous amounts of hydroelectricity and would have led to the lowering of the surface of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m , opening up large new lands for settlement, for example in the Adriatic Sea.  The project proposed four additional major dams as well:

Macrobians: The Macrobians (Μακροβίοι), meaning long-lived, were a legendary tribe of Aethiopia and kingdom positioned in the farthest land towards the western sunset south of ancient Libya (Africa).  According to Herodotus they dwelt geographically along the sea south of Libya on the Atlantic.  This Libya was far south of the Pillars of Hercules and Atlas Mountains along the Atlantic coast, while the northern Libyan sea coast was the Mediterranean Sea that stretched from Egypt to Morocco in an east to west direction.  Concerning the southern sea, Herodotus places the Persians east of the southern sea in Asia, the Arabians & East Africans south of the sea in Arabia and the Macrobians west of the southern Sea in Libya.  Herodotus also stated that the Macrobian Ethiopians were indigenous to southern Libya while the Libyans along the Mediterranean Sea were indigenous to northern Libya.  Later authors such as Scylax in his periplus also place them south of the pillars of Hercules, and Scylax also reported a trade taking place between Phoenicians (Carthaginians) and tall Ethiopians (Macrobians).  Herodotus also mentions a silent trade of gold that took place between Carthaginians and natives south of Libya (Ethiopians) beyond the Pillars of Hercules; it was also this gold trade that motivated Cambyses, the King of Persia, to plan a land and sea expedition against both the Carthaginians and Macrobian Ethiopians.  Pliny in his natural histories places them west of Meroe, far west of Meroe beyond the deserts of Chad that is.

Tamar gas field: The Tamar gas field is a natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel.  The field is located in Israel's exclusive economic zone, roughly 80 km west of Haifa in waters 1700 m deep.  The Tamar field is considered to have proven reserves of 200 e9m3 of natural gas, while the adjoining Tamar South field has 23 e9m3 .  Together, they may have an additional 84 BCM of "probable" reserves and up to 49 BCM of "possible" reserves (reserves having a 10% probability of extraction).  At the time of discovery, Tamar was the largest find of gas or oil in the Levant basin of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the largest discovery by Noble Energy.  Since Tamar's discovery, large gas discoveries have been made in other analogous geological formations of the same age in the region.  Because Tamar was the first such discovery, these gas containing formations have become collectively known as "Tamar sands".

Adriatic Sea: The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula and the Apennine Mountains from the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges.  The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to the northwest and the Po Valley.  The countries with coasts on the Adriatic are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia.  The Adriatic contains over 1,300 islands, mostly located along its eastern, Croatian coast.  It is divided into three basins, the northern being the shallowest and the southern being the deepest, with a maximum depth of 1233 m .  The Otranto Sill, an underwater ridge, is located at the border between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.  The prevailing currents flow counterclockwise from the Strait of Otranto, along the eastern coast and back to the strait along the western (Italian) coast.  Tidal movements in the Adriatic are slight, although larger amplitudes are known to occur occasionally.  The Adriatic's salinity is lower than the Mediterranean's because the Adriatic collects a third of the fresh water flowing into the Mediterranean, acting as a dilution basin.  The surface water temperatures generally range from 30 C in summer to 12 C in winter, significantly moderating the Adriatic Basin's climate.

Geography of Algeria: Algeria comprises 2,381,741 square kilometers of land, more than four-fifths of which is desert, in northern Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia.  It is the largest country in Africa.  Its Arabic name, Al Jazair (the islands), derives from the name of the capital Algiers ("Al Jazair" in Arabic), after the small islands formerly found in its harbor.  It has a long Mediterranean coastline, most of which is more properly termed the Alboran Sea, which is the westernmost element of the Mediterranean Sea.  The northern portion, an area of mountains, valleys, and plateaus between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert, forms an integral part of the section of North Africa known as the Maghreb.  This area includes Morocco, Tunisia, and the northwestern portion of Libya known historically as Tripolitania.

Supporting paragraphs: Herman Sörgel Atlantropa
Answer: 1952