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A climate characterized by hot dry summers
and warm wet winters. Mediterranean zones are
situated in either hemisphere on the western
side of continents, between latitudes of 30
degrees and 60 degrees . During the winter
rain is brought by the westerlies; in summer
Mediterranean zones are under the influence
of the trade winds. The regions bordering the
Mediterranean Sea, California, central Chile,
the Cape of Good Hope, and parts of S
Australia have such climates.