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Coasts and seas introduction
Europe is surrounded by nine sea basins: the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and Sea of Azov, the Caspian Sea, White Sea, Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea, and the North Atlantic Ocean.
Human activities are often concentrated in coastal regions which are least able to assimilate those activities and where adverse effects are most apparent.
The main threats to European coastal areas are: water pollution and eutrophication, loss of biological diversity, land use and landscape deterioration, and coastal erosion.
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Highlights
- Everything about your favourite beach is now at your fingertips
- 18 Jun 2009
- Bathing water quality improving in the EU
- 11 Jun 2009
- Heading for your favourite beach? Is the bathing water clean?
- 30 Jul 2008
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Upcoming events
- East Asian Seas (EAS) Congress 2009
- 23 Nov 2009 - 27 Nov 2009, Manila, Philippines
Green tips
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union.