Над проливом туман Fog over the strait

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The myths of other Greece tell that Hercules broke through the strait between Europe and Africa according to his needs, of course, very significant. In the views of the ancients, the Other World began behind it, and Plato reported that the mythical Atlantis was located there. In reality, this is a remnant of the primitive ocean Tethys with a length of about 60 km, an average width of about 20 km and a depth of more than 300 m, in some places, more than a kilometer (data from different sources differ). The strait has long been the object of desire for militant idlers who want to gain a foothold here and “for free” receive bribes from passing ships - the movement between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean is very busy. The strait is bounded from the North by the rock of Gibraltar - now it is a British possession, which is disputed by Spain, the Moroccan territories with the rock of Jebel Musa in the South and the Spanish Ceuta on the African coast. Its waters are considered international.
Oceanographically, the strait is interesting for the surface current from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, with the presence of a deep current of more saline waters in the opposite direction, this explains the coolness of the water in the extreme western Mediterranean. I was convinced of this in practice when I was relaxing in the autumn Malaga with a 30-degree heat and a rather cool sea.