The Aegean Sea is located near Europe .
The latter climate is present in nearby coastal areas of Almería province ( such as the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park , the Almanzora River , the Tabernas Desert , and the Isla de Alborán ) , the only region in Europe to have this climate ( not counting transcontinental countries , namingly Kazakhstan , which has a desert climate in it 's Asian portions , since the Ural River divides Europe and AsiaEncyclopædia Britannica , : '' The land boundary between Asia and Europe is a historical and cultural construct that has been defined variously '' Retrieved : 7 March 2017 An often cited definition of the Europe-Asia border is said to follow the Aegean Sea , the Turkish Straits , the Black Sea , along the watershed of the Greater Caucasus , the northwestern portion of the Caspian Sea and along the Ural River and Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. < ref name= '' NatlGeoAtlas '' > The question was treated as a `` controversy '' in British geographical literature until at least the 1860s , with Douglas Freshfield advocating the Caucasus crest boundary as the `` best possible '' , citing support from various `` modern geographers '' ( Journey in the Caucasus , Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society , Volumes 13-14 , 1869 ) .
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