cold weather, and evaporation combine to create a sinking of surface waters which forms the Levantine Intermediate Water of the Mediterranean Sea. Marine ecology The Gulf of Lion is notable, according to C. Michael Hogan, for occurrences of biodiversity associated with the reef building organism Lophelia pertusa. References External links Marine topography of the Golfe du Lion Gulfs of Metropolitan France Gulfs of the Mediterranean Landforms of Occitania (administrative region) Landforms of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur