Mediterranean Basin
Region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Mediterranean Region" redirects here. For other uses, see Mediterranean Region (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with the drainage basin of the Mediterranean Sea.
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also known as the Mediterranean Region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have mostly a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation. It was a very important part of Mediterranean civilizations.
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