This is a wet-winter, dry-summer climate. Extremely dry summers are caused by the sinking air of the subtropical highs and may last for up to five months.
Plants have adapted to the extreme difference in rainfall and temperature between winter and summer seasons. Sclerophyll plants range in formations from forests, to woodland, and scrub. Eucalyptus forests cover most of the chaparral biome in Australia.
Fires occur frequently in Mediterranean climate zones.
o        Temperature Range: 7 °C (12 °F)
o        Annual Precipitation: 42 cm (17 in).
o        Latitude Range: 30° - 50° N and S
o        Global Position:
o        central and southern California;
o        coastal zones bordering the Mediterranean Sea;
o        coastal Western Australia and South Australia;
o        Chilean coast;
o        Cape Town region of South Africa.