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Why Tropical climate have hot wet season whereas Mediterranean Climate have cold wet season ?

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Why Tropical climate have hot wet season whereas Mediterranean Climate have cold wet season ?
What are major factors that impact Mediterranean climate ?
Why Mediterrean climate have extremely dry hot season whereas Oceanic Climate moderate hot wet season ?
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  • Q4) Why Mediterranean climate is so rich in biodiversity ?
  • edited November 2015
    @all learned folks

    kindly take a shot at any of the above questions ppl are just attempting an easy warm up question on Savanna soil fertility :(
  • edited November 2015
    My Geographic knowledge brings down the national average geographic knowledge by significant percentage points. :(
  • Q4) Why Mediterranean climate is so rich in biodiversity ?

    yeh question ka source kya hai ?
    AFAIK tropical is the most diverse biome , and Mediterranean have quite predictable type of trees , with pine like trees forming the canopy and then a shrub layers with xeromorphic features like hard barks, wax layer on leaves etc.
    yes there is variety in these shrubs , but the diversity can not be compared with tropical areas..

    so i am a bit confused ..

    8->
  • Q4) Why Mediterranean climate is so rich in biodiversity ?

    yeh question ka source kya hai ?
    AFAIK tropical is the most diverse biome , and Mediterranean have quite predictable type of trees , with pine like trees forming the canopy and then a shrub layers with xeromorphic features like hard barks, wax layer on leaves etc.
    yes there is variety in these shrubs , but the diversity can not be compared with tropical areas..

    so i am a bit confused ..

    8->
    Mediterranean Climate has rich biodiversity in contrast to other sub-tropical climates such as Marine West Coast Climate
    Source - Read it in some recent GS mock paper
  • Q5 ) Why Mediterranean Climate has very warm summer and mild winter ?
  • warm summer due to northern movement of itcz ++??
    winter mild due to effect of gulf stream. and presence of water bodies like Mediterranean
  • Teddy has explained it nicely and crisply
  • edited November 2015
    During summer, the region of mediterraean climate are dominated by subtropical high pressure cells. The subtropical highs are areas of sinking and settling air from higher altitudes which tend to build up atmospheric pressure.With dry sinking air capping a surface marine layer of varying humidity and making rainfall impossible or unlikely except for the occasional thunderstorm. while during winter the polar jet stream and associated periodic storms reach into the lower latitudes of the Mediterranean zones, bringing rain, with snow at higher elevations.thats why Mediterranean Climate have cold wet season.and dry summer season
  • edited November 2015
    Q4) Why Mediterranean climate is so rich in biodiversity ?

    yeh question ka source kya hai ?
    AFAIK tropical is the most diverse biome , and Mediterranean have quite predictable type of trees , with pine like trees forming the canopy and then a shrub layers with xeromorphic features like hard barks, wax layer on leaves etc.
    yes there is variety in these shrubs , but the diversity can not be compared with tropical areas..

    so i am a bit confused ..

    8->
    Mediterranean Climate has rich biodiversity in contrast to other sub-tropical climates such as Marine West Coast Climate
    Source - Read it in some recent GS mock paper
    British type climate receives rainfall throughout the year - during summer from westerlies and during winter from temperate cyclones. Hence it should have rich biodiversity.

    Correct me if I am wrong.
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