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Detailed explanation-1: -Greece has a Mediterranean climate, with mild and wet winters in the southern lowland and island regions and cold winters with strong snowfalls in the mountainous areas in the central and northern regions and hot, dry summers.

Detailed explanation-2: -It has a dry and hot summer and a cool and rainy winter. It supports a dense population and huge agricultural activity. Most parts of the Mediterranean climate zone experience slight winters and warm summers with the temperatures changing considerably between the different regions of the climatic zone.

Detailed explanation-3: -A Mediterranean climate is characterized by rainy winters and dry summers. This climatic region is normally located on the western coasts of continents, roughly between 30 and 45 degrees north and south of the equator and often with westerly prevailing winds.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main cause of Mediterranean, or dry summer, climate is the subtropical ridge, extending towards the hemisphere in question’s pole during the summer and migrating towards the equator during the winter. This is due to the seasonal poleward-equatorward variations of temperatures.