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INTRODUCTION THE MEDITERRANEAN OR WARM TEMPERATE REGION EXTENDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR AND IS MOSTLY FOUND ON THE WESTERN SIDES OF THE CONTINENT.IT IS MOSTLY FOUND AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA.HENCE IT IS KNOWN AS MEDITERRANEAN REGION.THIS REGION IS FOUND IN COUNTRIES OF SPAIN,ITALY,GREECE AND YUGOSLAVIA OF EUROPE,ETC.
CLIMATE THE MAIN FEATURES OF THIS CLIMATE ARE COLD WET WINTERS AND HOT DRY SUMMERS.TEMPERATURE IS ABOUT 38 DEGREE CELCIOUS TO 40 DEGREE CELCIOUS AND FALLS TO 32 DEGREE C DURING WITERS. WINTERS ARE PLEASANT AND THE AVERAGE RAINFALL IS 40 CM.RAINFALL DIFFERS FROM PLACE TO PLACE.
VEGETATION DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES ARE GROWN IN DIFFERENT REGIONS. THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE VEGETATION HERE IS THAT THE LEAVES ARE THORNY AND LEATHERY. THE TREES ARE IN NORMAL HEIGHT. TO AVOID EVOPORATION OF WATER THE LEAVES ARE THICK. SOME TREES HAVE VERY DEEP ROOTS TO OBTAIN UNDERGROUND WATER, ON THE SLOOPS OF MOUNTAINS, CONIFEROUS TREES ARE FOUND. FIR, SPRUCE, CEDAR AND PINE TREES GROW ON THE SLOPES OF HIGH MOUNTAIN. CORK, OAK, OLIVES, EUCALYPTUS AND MULBERRY ARE ALSO FOUND HERE. THIS REGION IS FAMOUS FOR CITRUS FRUIT LIKE LEMONS, ORANGES AND GRAPES.
ANIMALS SOME PARTS OF THIS REGION HAVE GRASSLANDS AND ANIMALS ARE REARED. THE IMPORTANT ANIMALS OF THIS REGIONS ARE APES,DONKEY,WOLF,FOX,PORCUPINE,RABBITS,GOATS AND SHEEPS.KANGAROO IS A SPECIAL ANIMAL FOUND IN AUSTRALIA.THERE ARE MANY VARIETIES OF COLOURFLUL BIRDS,BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND FRUIT BEARING TREES.CATTLE REARING IS FOUND SAME PLACE.
HUMAN LIFE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THE CLIMATE IS QUITE SUITABLE FOR HUMAN LIFE AND 4% OF THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD IS FOUND HERE. PEOPLE ARE ECONOMICALLY,SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY ADVANCED.THIS REGION IS FAMOUS FOR FRUITS LIKE CITRIC FRUITS,GRAPES,CHEST NUTS,ALMONDS,ETC ARE COMMON.CATTLE REARING AND DAIRY FARMING IS ALSO PRACTISED THE IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES DEVELOPED HERE ARE WINE,SILK,PERFUME,CORK AND FILM INDUSTRIES.FRANCE AND ITALY ARE NOTED FOR MOTORCAR MANUFACTURES,READYMADE GARMENTS AND WOOLLEN INDUSTRY.
seasons THE DECIDUOUS TYPE OF VEGETATION AND ABUNDANCE OF FLOWERING PLANTS INDICATE THAT THERE ARE FOUR CLIMATE SEASONS-WINTER,RAINY,SUMMER AND AUTUMN(OR FALL).THE MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE IS DEFINED;SO THE REASONS ARE WELL DEFINAD.THE UNIQUE QUALITY OF WINTER RAIN ALLOWS PLANTS TO ADJUST THEIR GROWTH WITH SEASONS.IN SPRING, \PLANTS FLOWER, IN AUTUMN THE LEAVES FALL ALMOST IN A RHYTHMIC ORDER.
