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	Mediterranean Climate
		The Dry Summer Subtropical climate, is also known as the "Mediterranean" climate because the land that borders the Mediterranean Sea is a type locality for this climate.
		The dry summer subtropical climate is found on the west side of subtropical continents and on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
		Mediterranean climate is also found in the Cape Town area of South Africa, central Chile, and southwestern Australia.
	www.uwsp.edu /geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/climate_systems/mediterranean.html (728 words)

	World Climates
		Climate is the characteristic condition of the atmosphere near the earth's surface at a certain place on earth.
		Characterized by grasslands, this is a semiarid climate.
		The climate of a highland area is closely related to the climate of the surrounding biome.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /climate.htm (2131 words)

	Climate Change and the Mediterranean Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In European Mediterranean countries, a northwards expansion of unproductive shrubland is expected due to the abandonment of agricultural land for climatic and wider socio-economic reasons, increases in wildfires and a decrease in livestock grazing (Allen-Diaz, 1996).
		Climate change in the Mediterranean region may reduce the capacity of the environment to support human activity in future by exacerbating problems of desertification and water scarcity in the region.
		Mediterranean countries are already signed up to a number of international and regional agreements which effectively establish a policy framework for actions that would mitigate many of the impacts of climate change.
	archive.greenpeace.org /climate/science/reports/fulldesert.html (20745 words)

	Mediterranean climate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Mediterranean climate is a climate that resembles those of the lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
		Mediterranean climates on land tend to grade off poleward toward zones of oceanic or maritime climate in which summer rains are significant and equatorward into dry-summer steppes where the winter rains are inadequate (an example of such a steppe climate is to be found in San Diego, California).
		Because all regions with a Mediterranean climate are near large bodies of water, temperatures are generally moderate with a comparatively small range of temperatures between the winter low and summer high (although the daily range of temperatures during the summer is large, except along the immediate coasts) due to dry and clear conditions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mediterranean_climate (781 words)

	Climate of Axarquia on the Costa del Sol, Andalucia, Spain
		The outstanding featues of the climate are hot, dry summers, mild winters with variable rainfall, almost constant sunshine and an absence of frost.
		The Mediterranean climate is also called a 'winter rainfall' climate and other areas around the world with a similar sunshine and rainfall pattern are also said to have a Mediterranean climate.
		All Mediterranean climatic areas lie between 30-45 degrees latitude whether to the north or south of the equator.
	www.absoluteaxarquia.com /climate.html (466 words)

	Climate - mediterranean climate gardening throughout the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The shared mediterranean climate pattern of the five areas is now associated with fine wines and excellent fruit.
		"All five of the world’s mediterranean climate regions are concentrated within the latitudes of 30° and 45°, a little less than halfway from the equator to the poles (see map).
		The Mediterranean Basin and California are located in the northern hemisphere, while Central Chile, Western Cape Province of South Africa, and the states of Western and South Australia are located in the southern hemisphere.
	www.mediterraneangardensociety.org /climate (285 words)

	IMPACTS - Desertification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Water shortages and poor harvests during the droughts of the early 1990s exposed the acute vulnerability of the Mediterranean region to climatic extremes.
		The early 1990s were notable for recurrent droughts and for periods of intense rainfall in the western Mediterranean and for extreme cold events and rainfall in the east.
		In the European Mediterranean, the area of unproductive shrubland is expected to expand, while in North Africa and the Near East, most of the steppe rangeland could give way to desert by 2050 or earlier.
	archive.greenpeace.org /climate/science/reports/desertification.html (1891 words)

	Mediterranean
		Mediterranean regions occur between approximately 30° to 40° north and south latitude on the west sides of continents.
		The dry summer climate of mediterranean regions arises from the seasonal change in position of the semi-permanent subtropical high pressure systems which are centered over the tropical deserts roughly over the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer.
		Gladiola in Cape, Crocus and Ornithogalum in Mediterranean)
	www.botany.wisc.edu /courses/botany_422/Lecture/Lect10Mediterr.html (713 words)

	Climate. Geography of Mexico. Mexico for Kids.
		Climate is the most frequent state of the atmosphere anywhere in Mexico and the world.
		This climate occurs mostly in the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas.
		The Mediterranean climate is characterized by hot and dry summers and a lot of rain in the winter.
	explora.presidencia.gob.mx /pages_kids/geography/climate_kids.html (422 words)

	Bernard Field Station Climate
		While our climate seems very benign to humans, for vegetation it combines the very worst features of arid and humid climates: the supply of water and the need for water are exactly out of phase.
		While the regional climate of Southern California is Mediterranean, there are many local climatic variations, reflecting small-scale differences in slope, exposure, temperature inversions, cold air drainage, groundwater levels, etc. A third level of climate is the microclimate, that is, even smaller scale differences caused by vegetation and soil structure (see section on Microclimate).
		Claremont's climate is called the Intermediate Valley type by Bailey (1966), who points out that this distinctive combination of mild winters and warm summers occurs only in the inland valleys, away from the coastal fringe with its summers tempered by the ocean.
	www.bfs.claremont.edu /environment/bfsclime.html (1883 words)

	Pelion (Pilion), Greece: Weather & Climate (Metric)
		The climate Diagram, according to Heinrich Walter, is one of the most practical and simple tools for comparing climates worldwide.
		The climate diagram for Volos shows a long arid period (pink), from May till about mid September, during which there is significant water deficit, and a humid period (blue), from October till about May, during which there is water surplus.
		The Mediterranean climate is a special type of climate that describes a regime of hot summer drought and winter rain.
	www.geocities.com /pelionature/frame_main_meteo.htm (1181 words)

	Santa Barbara Botanic Garden - LetsGoSeeIt.com
		Mediterranean climates occur between 30 and 45 degrees latitude north and south of the equator.
		In a Mediterranean climate there is a moderate amount of rain in the winter (generally 10" to 40") followed by about 6 months of warm, dry summer weather.
		Plants in a Mediterranean climate must be able to survive without rain for half the year.
	www.letsgoseeit.com /index/county/sbarb/sbarb/loc02/sbgarden.htm (1078 words)

	Climate for change \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Most Mediterranean climate plants do not require fertilizer, but early autumn is the best time to treat any that do.
		Summer dryness is plainly a normal characteristic of this Mediterranean climate and should not be thought of as drought.
		Because so many of these Mediterranean climate plants are adapted to moisture in winter rather than summer, it is easy to kill them with regular summer irrigation.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041017/news_mz1hs17clima.html (1579 words)

	Turkish climate - All About Turkey
		In Western Anatolia there is a mild Mediterranean climate with average temperatures of 9 deg.C in winter and 29 deg.C in summer.
		The climate of the Anatolian Plateau is a steppe climate (there is a great temperature difference between day and night).
		The climate in the Black Sea area is wet, warm and humid (summer 23 deg.C, winter 7 deg.C).
	www.allaboutturkey.com /iklim.htm (465 words)

	BBC - Weather Centre - Features - Weather Basics - Mediterranean Climate Zone
		The Mediterranean climate is a form of temperate climate and is used to refer not just to the area around the Mediterranean Sea (including North Africa) but to similar climates around the world such as those in California, parts of Chile, south-west Australia and South Africa.
		Another dry Mediterranean wind, this time a hot one, is the scirocco from North Africa which frequently carries large amounts of dust from the desert.
		Many plants have adapted themselves to the demands of a Mediterranean climate, none more so than the olive tree which is a distinctive feature of the landscape.
	www.bbc.co.uk /weather/features/weatherbasics/zones_mediterranean.shtml (467 words)

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		The Mediterranean climate is subtropical and characterized by dry, rainless summers and wet mild winters, and occurs in only five regions of the world, including the Mediterranean region of southern Europe and north Africa, the western cape of South Africa, southwest Australia, central Chile, and most of California.
		Some Mediterranean plants contain oils that also help conserve water during the summer, and the fragrance of the oils are a delight in both the garden and the kitchen.
		Mediterranean gardening presents a lot of challenges to gardeners raised in the tradition of summer-growing and winter-dormant plants.
	www.sonic.net /~weasel/mediteranean.htm (1082 words)

	Cal Alive! Newsletter » Science matters: California’s Mediterranean climate
		You’ve probably heard plenty from us at CIB about how unique California’s biodiversity is. The Mediterranean climate and unique topography of California foster one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, with 5,100 plant species, about half of which are found nowhere else in the world.
		Interestingly, the Mediterranean climate pattern is a fairly recent one, originating within the past three million years.
		As the climate shifted towards the modern climate, the preadapted sclerophyllous shrubs survived, diversified, and flourished, while the non-adapted plants succumbed to the ever-drier summer climate.
	www.calalive.org /news/newsletters/?p=46 (818 words)

	Mediterranean Climate
		The Mediterranean climate is a special type of climate that describes a regime of hot summer drought and winter rain in the mid-latitudes, north of the subtropical climate zone.
		This climate occurs most noticeably in the regions around the Mediterranean, from where the climate gets its name, but also in coastal areas of California, South Africa and southern parts of Australia.
		In summer, the high pressure belts of the subtropics drift northwards in the Northern Hemisphere (during May to August), southwards in the Southern Hemisphere (during November to February).
	www.ace.mmu.ac.uk /eae/Climate/Older/Mediterranean_Climate.html (152 words)

	France \| Climate, Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity
		Mediterranean climate in the south; mountains are cooler with heavy snow in winter.
		The Atlantic influences the climate of the western coastal areas from the Loire to the Basque region where the weather is temperate and relatively mild with rainfall throughout the year.
		A Mediterranean climate exists on the Riviera, and in Provence and Roussillon.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /country/92/climate/Europe/France.html (166 words)

	CLIMATE
		The first concentration of deserts occur in the vicinity of 25 to 35 degrees North and South of the equator which are directly related to the subtropical high pressure cells, of subsiding, dry (few clouds), stable air and divergent winds.
		The Mediterranean climate appears with remarkable regularity in the vicinity of 30° to 40° of latitude along the west coasts of each landmass.
		The humid subtropical climate extends inland from continental east coasts between 20° to 40° North and South of the equator.
	faculty.mc3.edu /wbrew/CGEONOTES/CLIMATE.htm (662 words)

	Jordan Climate - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
		The major characteristic of the climate is the contrast between a relatively rainy season from November to April and very dry weather for the rest of the year.
		In general, the farther inland from the Mediterranean Sea a given part of the country lies, the greater are the seasonal contrasts in temperature and the less rainfall.
		The fairly wide ranges of temperature during a twenty-four-hour period are greatest during the summer months and have a tendency to increase with higher elevation and distance from the Mediterranean seacoast.
	www.photius.com /countries/jordan/climate/jordan_climate_climate.html (560 words)

	Botanical paradise / Ours is the perfect climate for Mediterranean gardens, Bay Area style
		Our Mediterranean climate is shared with only 2 percent of the Earth's landmass and is found in only five regions (the Mediterranean basin, and parts of South Africa, Chile, Australia and California).
		The key to creating a garden in a Mediterranean climate is to incorporate techniques to reduce water use and to create a cool retreat through use of garden design and structures.
		Mediterranean gardens are site specific, incorporating native plants and native materials to enhance a sense of place.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/07/HO118723.DTL (1273 words)

	Mediterranean Climate Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The MEDALUS project in the Climatic Research Unit is concerned with the analysis of present-day climate trends and the development of scenarios of future climate over the Mediterranean region.
		As part of the MEDALUS project, scenarios of future climate are being generated for the Target Areas of the Guadalentin, the Agri Basin and Lesvos.
		Model data on current and future climate conditions are taken from General Circulation Models, which are three-dimensional representations of the earth- atmosphere system.
	www.cru.uea.ac.uk /cru/projects/medalus/data.htm (289 words)

	Mediterranean Shrublands
		Regions of Mediterranean-type climate occur roughly between 30° and 40° latitude on the west coasts of continents, where offshore there are cold ocean currents.
		Climate: The Mediterranean Climate (Cs) is unique in that the wet season coincides with the low sun or winter period.
		Mediterranean regions have long been impacted by humans especially through the use of fire and the grazing of livestock.
	www.runet.edu /~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/medit/medit.html (897 words)

	AGU Web Site:Drilling Probes Mediterranean Climate and Oceanography
		The secrets of past climate are locked within sapropels, dark sludge composed of plant remains found at the bottom of the sea.
		One of the most important results was the discovery in the westernmost Mediterranean of dark, organic, carbon-rich layers known as sapropels (see figure 2).
		They are commonly found in sediment of the eastern Mediterranean basin and in southern Italy, Sicily, and Crete, but until their recent discovery they were never before detected in the western Mediterranean except in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
	www.agu.org /sci_soc/leg.html (1133 words)

	Spain Climate
		The climate varies tremendously in Spain, due to its large size.
		North of the Cantabrian mountains, the Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia have a maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters.
		On the Mediterranean coast, the climate is moderate with rain in spring and autumn.
	www.spainturismo.com /spain/climate.htm (229 words)

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