Mediterranean regions
Olive-growing coastal areas
Mediterranean regions share a distinctive climate pattern: warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters.
The term applies literally to lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea, but also to areas worldwide with similar conditions—coastal California, central Chile, southwestern Australia, and South Africa's Cape region.
These climates favor olive trees, grape vines, and citrus.
Mediterranean regions are particularly vulnerable to summer wildfires.
- olive treesDrupes from gnarled branches
- ItalyBoot-shaped European nation
- PhoeniciansAncient Levantine maritime civilization
- citrus fruitsAcidic segmented produce
- Roman EmpireAncient state from Augustus onward
ancient ruins · olive oil production · lemon groves · Greece · Spain · sea breeze · wine-making · endemic species · Byzantine art · port cities · stone terraces · coastal wetlands · Turkey · drought-resistant plants · Egypt · fishing industry · Moorish architecture · Greek mythology
Mediterranean regionstropical regions
Earth's warmest climate belt
polar regions · equatorial regions · tundra · monsoon regions · taiga
Mediterranean regionsrainforest regions
Areas of dense tropical woodland
tropical rainforest · humid regions · desert regions · temperate rainforest · wetlands
Mediterranean, region, regions, regional, regionally, regionalism, regionalist, medial, median