Select the appropriate climatic zone type having the below given characteristics 1 Precipitation lev...........

Geography and Environment (MPPCS) World climates

Select the appropriate climatic zone/type having the below given characteristics:

1. Precipitation level: 35-75cm

2. Warm, dry summer and cool, wet winter

3. Shifting of wind belts

Choose the appropriate answer:

Laurentian type

Mediterranean climate

Steppe/Temperate grasslands

Coniferous forest Siberian climate

Mediterranean climate

Entirely confined to the western portion of continental masses, between 30° and 45° north and south of the equator.
The basic cause of this type of climate is the shifting of the wind belts.
Mediterranean Sea has the greatest extent of this type of ‘winter rain climate’, and gives rise to the name Mediterranean Climate.
The best developed form of this climatic type is found in central Chile. Clear skies and high temperatures; hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.Mean annual precipitation ranges from 35 - 90 cm.Temperature of warmest month greater than or equal to 10° C.Temperature of coldest month is less than 18° C but greater than –3° C.Climate is not extreme because of cooling from water bodies.