Mediterranean Basin

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Loosely defined region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea

In biogeography, the Mediterranean basin, also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that mostly have a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.

Also known as...Mediterranea, Mediterranean Region, Mediterranean Sea drainage basin, Mediterranean Sea basin, and Mediterranean Sea watershed
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