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181 relations: Abiotic component, Achillea, Adenostoma fasciculatum, Aesculus californica, Agriculture, Alborz, Alexandroupolis, Altitude, Andes, Anticyclone, Arctic Circle, Argentina, Aridity, Artemisia californica, Australia, Azores, Balmaceda, Chile, Banksia, Biodiversity, Biome, Bognor Regis, British Columbia, Bureau of Meteorology, California, California Current, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Carex, Casablanca, Cascade Range, Castellar, Alpes-Maritimes, Casuarina, Central Asia, Channel Islands (California), Chaparral, Chile, Chilean Matorral, Climate, Climatology, Colombia, Corsica, Cultivar, Cypress, Dead Sea, Desert, Desert climate, Dietes, Diurnal air temperature variation, Drought, Ecosystem, ... Expand index (131 more) »
- Climate of Europe
- Environment of the Mediterranean
- Köppen climate types
- Subtropics
Abiotic component
In biology and ecology, abiotic components or abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.
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Achillea
Achillea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known colloquially as yarrows.
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Adenostoma fasciculatum
Adenostoma fasciculatum, commonly known as chamise or greasewood, is a flowering plant native to California and Baja California.
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Aesculus californica
Aesculus californica, commonly known as the California buckeye or California horse-chestnut, is a species of buckeye native to California and southwestern Oregon.
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Agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries, and forestry for food and non-food products.
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Alborz
The Alborz (البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge Kopet Dag in the northern parts of Khorasan.
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Alexandroupolis
Alexandroupolis (Αλεξανδρούπολη) or Alexandroupoli is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros regional unit.
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Altitude
Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object.
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Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
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Anticyclone
An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon defined as a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to a cyclone).
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Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Aridity
Aridity is the condition of a region that severely lacks available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life.
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Artemisia californica
Artemisia californica, also known as California sagebrush, is a species of western North American shrub in the sunflower family.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Azores
The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).
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Balmaceda, Chile
Balmaceda is a Chilean village (aldea) located south east of Coyhaique in Aysén Region.
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Banksia
Banksia is a genus of around 170 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
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Biodiversity
Biodiversity (or biological diversity) is the variety and variability of life on Earth.
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Biome
A biome is a distinct geographical region with specific climate, vegetation, and animal life.
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Bognor Regis
Bognor Regis, also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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California Current
The California Current (Corriente de California) is a cold water Pacific Ocean current that moves southward along the western coast of North America, beginning off southern British Columbia and ending off southern Baja California Sur.
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (Canarias), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
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Carex
Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books).
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Casablanca
Casablanca (lit) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre.
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Cascade Range
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California.
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Castellar, Alpes-Maritimes
Castellar (Castelar; Castellaro) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
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Casuarina
Casuarina, also known as she-oak, Australian pine and native pine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa.
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Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
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Channel Islands (California)
The Channel Islands are an eight-island archipelago located within the Southern California Bight in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California.
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Chaparral
Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, in southern Oregon and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
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Chilean Matorral
The Chilean Matorral (NT1201) is a terrestrial ecoregion of central Chile, located on the west coast of South America.
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Climate
Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.
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Climatology
Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, "slope"; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
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Corsica
Corsica (Corse; Còrsega) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.
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Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.
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Cypress
Cypress is a common name for various coniferous trees or shrubs from the Cupressus genus of the Cupressaceae family, typically found in warm-temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Europe, and North America.
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Dead Sea
The Dead Sea (al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or label; Yām hamMelaḥ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel to the west.
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Desert
A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems.
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Desert climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification BWh and BWk) is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. Mediterranean climate and desert climate are Köppen climate types.
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Dietes
Dietes is a genus of six rhizomatous plant species of the iris family Iridaceae, first described collectively in 1866.
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Diurnal air temperature variation
In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day.
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Drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
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Effects of climate change
Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC; Environnement et Changement climatique Canada)Environment and Climate Change Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of the Environment.
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Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
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Erbil
Erbil (أربيل,; ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ), also called Hawler, is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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Erica (plant)
Erica is a genus of roughly 857 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.
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Evapotranspiration
Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the combined processes which move water from the Earth's surface (open water and ice surfaces, bare soil and vegetation) into the atmosphere.
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Extratropical cyclone
Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth.
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Fertility
Fertility in colloquial terms refers the ability to have offspring.
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Fig
The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia.
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
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First relation letter from Pedro de Valdivia to emperor Charles V
The First relation letter from Pedro de Valdivia to emperor Charles V is one of the six Letters of relation written by Pedro de Valdivia to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor by his name in the Holy Roman Empire in which he relates his journey to Chile and the conquest of that land.
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Flood
A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.
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Fog
Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.
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Funchal
Funchal is the capital, largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
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Fynbos
Fynbos is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.
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Galicia (Spain)
Galicia (Galicia (officially) or Galiza; Galicia) is an autonomous community of Spain and historic nationality under Spanish law.
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Garrigue
Garrigue or garigue, also known as phrygana (φρύγανα, n. pl.), is a type of low scrubland ecoregion and plant community in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. Mediterranean climate and Garrigue are environment of the Mediterranean.
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Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).
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Grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.
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Grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to free range (roam around) and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other forages into meat, milk, wool and other animal products, often on land that is unsuitable for arable farming.
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Grevillea
Grevillea, commonly known as spider flowers, is a genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.
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Haleakalā
Haleakalā (Hawaiian), or the East Maui Volcano, is a massive, active shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui.
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Halimium
Halimium (rockrose, false sun-rose, or halimium) is a genus of 12 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae, closely related to Cistus.
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Helichrysum
The genus Helichrysum consists of an estimated 600 species of flowering plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).
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Holy Land
The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.
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Horse latitudes
The horse latitudes are the latitudes about 30 degrees north and south of the Equator.
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Humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters. Mediterranean climate and humid continental climate are climate of Europe and Köppen climate types.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. Mediterranean climate and humid subtropical climate are Köppen climate types and subtropics.
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Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.
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Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (abbreviated as IPMA) is the national meteorological, seismic, sea and atmospheric organization of Portugal.
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
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Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.
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Juan Fernández Islands
The Juan Fernández Islands (Archipiélago Juan Fernández) are a sparsely inhabited series of islands in the South Pacific Ocean reliant on tourism and fishing.
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Juglans californica
Juglans californica, the California black walnut, also called the California walnut, or the Southern California black walnut, is a large shrub or small tree (about) of the walnut family, Juglandaceae, endemic to the Central Valley and the Coast Range valleys from Northern to Southern California.
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Juncaceae
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. Mediterranean climate and Köppen climate classification are Köppen climate types.
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Kermanshah
Kermanshah (کرمانشاه) is a city in the Central District of Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
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Klamath Mountains
The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly-populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States.
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Kwongan
Kwongan is a plant community found in south-western Western Australia.
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Latitude
In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body.
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Laurus nobilis
Laurus nobilis is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves.
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Lavandula
Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the mints family, Lamiaceae.
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Liawenee
Liawenee is a small town in Tasmania, Australia built near Great Lake and the River Ouse, and was established on 11 June 1920.
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List of California native plants
California native plants are plants that existed in California prior to the arrival of European explorers and colonists in the late 18th century.
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Madeira
Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Região Autónoma da Madeira), is one of two autonomous regions of Portugal, the other being the Azores.
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Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands is one of 32 Major Vegetation Groups defined by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy and one of the 189 habitats in the HOTW habitats of the World classification.
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Maquis shrubland
Low maquis in Corsica High ''macchia'' in Sardinia i or i (often macchia mediterranea in Italian; machja,; makija) is a shrubland biome in the Mediterranean region, typically consisting of densely growing evergreen shrubs. Mediterranean climate and maquis shrubland are environment of the Mediterranean.
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Marseille
Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
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Matorral
Springtime in Chilean matorral a few kilometers north of Santiago along the Pan-American Highway Matorral is a Spanish word, along with tomillares, for shrubland, thicket or bushes. Mediterranean climate and matorral are environment of the Mediterranean.
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Météo-France
Météo-France is the official French meteorological administration, also offering services to Andorra.
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Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Mediterranean forests, woodlands and scrub is a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Melaleuca
Melaleuca is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles, bottlebrushes or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum).
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Menton
Menton (mɛnˈtɑ̃, written Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm; Mentone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border.
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Microclimate
A microclimate (or micro-climate) is a local set of atmospheric conditions that differ from those in the surrounding areas, often slightly but sometimes substantially.
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Middle latitudes
The middle latitudes (also called the mid-latitudes, sometimes midlatitudes, or moderate latitudes) are a spatial region on Earth located between the Tropic of Cancer (latitudes) to the Arctic Circle, and Tropic of Capricorn (-) to the Antarctic Circle (-). They include Earth's subtropical and temperate zones, which lie between the two tropics and the polar circles.
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Mutualism (biology)
Mutualism describes the ecological interaction between two or more species where each species has a net benefit.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen is converted into ammonia.
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North Region, Portugal
The North Region (Região do Norte) or Northern Portugal is the most populous region in Portugal, ahead of Lisbon, and the third most extensive by area.
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Northern California
Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's 58 counties.
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Northern Iran
Northern Iran (lit), is a geographical term that refers to a relatively large and fertile area, consisting of the southern border of the Caspian Sea and the Alborz mountains.
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Norwegian Meteorological Institute
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Meteorologisk institutt), also known internationally as MET Norway, is Norway's national meteorological institute.
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Oak
An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.
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Ocean
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature. Mediterranean climate and oceanic climate are climate of Europe and Köppen climate types.
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Olive
The olive, botanical name Olea europaea, meaning 'European olive', is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin.
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Olympic Mountains
The Olympic Mountains are a mountain range on the Olympic Peninsula of the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Overberg
Overberg is a region in South Africa to the east of Cape Town beyond the Hottentots-Holland mountains.
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Oxnard Plain
The Oxnard Plain is a large coastal plain in southwest Ventura County, California, United States surrounded by the mountains of the Transverse ranges.
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Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in Western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east.
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Penstemon
Penstemon, the beardtongues, is a large genus of roughly 280 species of flowering plants native to North America from northern Canada to Central America.
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Perennial
In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.
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Perth
Perth (Boorloo) is the capital city of Western Australia.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.
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Platanus racemosa
Platanus racemosa is a species of plane tree known by several common names, including California sycamore, western sycamore, California plane tree, and in North American Spanish aliso.
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Porto
Porto, also known as Oporto, is the second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
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Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.
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Protea
Protea is a genus of South African flowering plants, also called sugarbushes (Afrikaans: suikerbos).
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Proteaceae
The Proteaceae form a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Quercus coccifera
Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak, is an oak bush in the Ilex section of the genus.
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Rain
Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity.
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Rain shadow
A rain shadow is an area of significantly reduced rainfall behind a mountainous region, on the side facing away from prevailing winds, known as its leeward side.
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Røst Municipality
Røst is a small island municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
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Røstlandet (village)
Røstlandet is the administrative centre of Røst Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
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Renosterveld
Renosterveld is a term used for one of the major plant communities and vegetation types of the Cape Floristic Region (Cape Floral Kingdom) which is located in southwestern and southeastern South Africa, in southernmost Africa.
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Restionaceae
The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters in height.
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Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus, commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers.
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Sacramento Valley
The Sacramento Valley (Spanish: Valle de Sacramento) is the area of the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California that lies north of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and is drained by the Sacramento River.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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Sclerophyll
Sclerophyll is a type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat.
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Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. Mediterranean climate and semi-arid climate are climate of Europe and Köppen climate types.
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Seville
Seville (Sevilla) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.
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Siah Bisheh, Chalus
Siah Bisheh (سياه بيشه, also romanized as Sīāh Bīsheh) is a village in Kuhestan Rural District, Kelardasht District, Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
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Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin.
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Snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.
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Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Southern Europe
Southern Europe is the southern region of Europe.
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Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
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Subtropics
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics.
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Tashkent
Tashkent, or Toshkent in Uzbek, is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan.
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Teignmouth
Teignmouth is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon.
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Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. Mediterranean climate and temperate climate are Köppen climate types.
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Temperature
Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness.
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Themeda triandra
Themeda triandra is a species of C4 perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
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Trewartha climate classification
The Trewartha climate classification (TCC), or the Köppen–Trewartha climate classification (KTC), is a climate classification system first published by American geographer Glenn Thomas Trewartha in 1966.
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Tropical savanna climate
Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories Aw (for a dry "winter") and As (for a dry "summer"). Mediterranean climate and tropical savanna climate are Köppen climate types.
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Upwelling
Upwelling is an oceanographic phenomenon that involves wind-driven motion of dense, cooler, and usually nutrient-rich water from deep water towards the ocean surface.
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Urban sprawl
Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".
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Urfa
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa, is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province.
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
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Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
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Vegetation
Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.
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Wasatch Front
The Wasatch Front is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Weymouth and Portland
Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019.
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Wheat
Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world.
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Wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
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World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics.
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See also
Climate of Europe
- Alpine föhn
- Bohemian wind
- Climate change in Europe
- Climate of Albania
- Climate of Europe
- Climate of Gibraltar
- Climate of Kosovo
- Climate of the British Isles
- Climate of the Nordic countries
- Continental climate
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
- European windstorms
- Humid continental climate
- List of atmospheric pressure records in Europe
- Maloja Wind
- Mediterranean climate
- Oceanic climate
- Roman Warm Period
- Semi-arid climate
- Siberian High
- Sirocco
- Subarctic climate
- Western Mediterranean oscillation
Environment of the Mediterranean
- Baetic System
- Barcelona Convention
- Environment of Algeria
- Environment of Cyprus
- Environment of Egypt
- Environment of Greece
- Environment of Israel
- Environment of Italy
- Environment of Lebanon
- Environment of Libya
- Environment of Malta
- Environment of Morocco
- Environment of Portugal
- Environment of Spain
- Environment of Syria
- Environment of Tunisia
- Environment of Turkey
- Foloi oak forest
- Forests of the Iberian Peninsula
- Garrigue
- Invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea
- Lessepsian migration
- Life zones of the Mediterranean region
- Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary
- Maquis shrubland
- Marine Protected Area Capo Rizzuto
- Matorral
- Mediterranean Basin
- Mediterranean Bauxite Province
- Mediterranean climate
- Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones
- Sirocco
- Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance
- Subbaetic System
- The First Eden
Köppen climate types
- Alpine climate
- Boreal ecosystem
- Continental climate
- Desert climate
- Humid continental climate
- Humid subtropical climate
- Ice cap climate
- Köppen climate classification
- Mediterranean climate
- Oceanic climate
- Polar climate
- Semi-arid climate
- Subarctic climate
- Taiga
- Temperate climate
- Tropical monsoon climate
- Tropical rainforest climate
- Tropical savanna climate
- Tundra
- Tundra climate
- Wladimir Köppen
Subtropics
- Humid subtropical climate
- Mediterranean climate
- Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole
- Subtropical cyclone
- Subtropical rainforests
- Subtropics
References
Also known as Cold-summer Mediterranean, Cold-summer Mediterranean climate, Continental Mediterreanean climate, Continental mediterranean climate, Continentalized Mediterranean climate, Cool-summer Mediterranean climate, Cool-summer mediterranean, Csb climate, Dry mediterranean climate, Dry summer climate, Hot-summer Mediterranean, Hot-summer Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean (climate), Mediterranean climates, Mediterranean-climate, Typical Mediterranean climate, Warm-summer Mediterranean, Warm-summer Mediterranean climate, Warm-summer Mediterrean climate.