The Warm Temperature Oceanic (mediterranean) Climate

Question 1

Features

Answer 1

Summer - average 30°
Precipitation - dry summers
Winter - mild average 10°
Winter precipitation - 400mm and 700mm

Question 2

Reasons

Answer 2

Close to equator, Sunnis high, moves north to tropic of cancer 23.5 ° N
Cloudless sky
High pressure dominates the area
Winds blow over dry land not carrying Moisture
The sun is still high
Prevailing wind is south-westerly, wind is warm
south-westerly winds blow from oceans, moist
Depressions over the Mediterranean
Heavy down pours

Question 3

Vegetation, animals, people

Answer 3

Vegetation - natural vegetation is evergreen woodland- cork, pine, cypress, cedar, olive
Trees adapt to the climate
• Think bark waxy leaves
• Plants are widely spaced
Human impact
•’Wood is cleared for agriculture
• Crops include version me, olives and wheat