SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
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a climate marked by warm, dry, summers, and cool, rainy winters
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a long cliff that separates lands at two different altitudes
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an often triangular-shaped section of land formed as waters of a river slow down and split into may channels as they deposit silt and sediment
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a condition created when winds blow in primarily one direction over mountains or other elevated terrain:the altitude change causes clouds to drop their precipitation on the near side of the mountain, leaving the land on the far side, where winds descend, with little rain or snow
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mediterranean climate, major climate type of the Köppen classification characterized by hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters and located between about 30° and 45° latitude north and south of the Equator and on the western sides of the continents.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Dry Summer Subtropical climate, is also known as the “Mediterranean” climate because the land that borders the Mediterranean Sea is a type locality for this climate. The wet winter/dry summer seasonality of precipitation is the defining characteristic of this climate.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mediterranean climate of North Africa is characterized by hot dry summers and seasonally restricted rainfall. The western region experiences a subhumid Mediterranean climate with mild, moist winters from October through March/April, and hot, dry summers from May through September.