Mediterranean climate

The climate types in the world are very diverse, hydrologists often base on the characteristics of the region to name the climate such as desert climate, savannah climate, rain forest climate, . The only Mediterranean climate is taking a specific place to name. Show that the Mediterranean region is the most typical region for a type of climate .

In fact, in California, North America, central Chile, South America, Cape Town region of South Africa, western and southern Australia, there is such climate. Meticulous people can be found on the world map of similarities in those regions. Most of them are located at the latitude of 30 ^o - 40 ^o and are in the west or south coast. These areas in winter are subject to the control of temperate West wind from the sea blowing into the wet air mass which brings a lot of rain. And the summer is under the control of tropical sub-high pressure, the air stream from the mainland spreads around very difficult to form rain clouds, forming a hot dry climate. The annual rainfall is about 375 - 625mm, the rainy season only accounts for about 10% of the whole year. Winter temperature ranges from 5-10 ^o C, summer is 21-27 ^o C. Therefore, Mediterranean climate characteristics are hot and dry summers, wet winters, different from temperate monsoon climates. hot summer zones, heavy rain and cold dry winters.

The Mediterranean climate makes these areas dry in the summer and filled with water in the winter. The vegetation is mainly drought-tolerant shrubs and typical plants are olive trees. The climate is unique in this area, developing winter tourism in the coastal areas very well.