mediterranean  climate  areas

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mediterranean climate areas

Mediterranean Basin

and the World around it

Mediterranean Basin view

by Blue Marble (NASA)

Mediterranean Basin view

by Google Earth

mediterranean climate limits

of the Mediterranean Basin

coastline

soils (FAO/UNESCO)

significant earthquakes

temperature & precipitation

Bailey ecoregion divisions

shrubs & trees distribution

Map of the world with mediterranean climate areas shown in red; all mediterranean climate areas lie between about 30^o and 45^o of latitude and they are all near the coast on the western edge of continents [R40].

The above map is adapted from: Ecosystems of the World, Vol. II, Mediterranean-Type Shrublands (F. DiCastri, D.W. Goodall and R.L. Specht, Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1981.