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Consider the following statements regarding the Mediterranean type of climate:
1. It has hot dry summers and mild rainy winters.
2. It is found on the western margins of continents between roughly 30 and 40 degrees latitude.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1. It has hot dry summers and mild rainy winters.
2. It is found on the western margins of continents between roughly 30 and 40 degrees latitude.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A. 1 only
- B. 2 only
- C. Both 1 and 2
- D. Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2
This climate is controlled by the shifting belts of pressure: in summer the subtropical high keeps the weather dry and hot, and in winter westerlies bring rain. It is found on the western sides of continents around 30 to 40 degrees, as in California, central Chile and the Mediterranean basin. Both statements are correct.
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