Q. Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea?

  • Syria
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Israel

Answer: (b) Jordan

Mediterranean Sea
  • The Mediterranean Sea is the intercontinental sea that separates Europe from Africa.
  • Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant in Western Asia.
  • The countries bordered the Mediterranean sea are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
  • Jordan does not open out to the Mediterranean sea, as it is bounded by Syria and Israel towards the side of the Mediterranean sea.
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean