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ranean region is bounded by the Anatolian plateau, the 

 'Taurus, and the Syrian desert: on the south it embraces 

 broken strips of the north African headlands such as 

 the coast of Cyrenaica, a coastal strip of Tunis, and 

 the Tell of Algeria and Morocco north of the Atlas. 



Fig. 108. Olive grove — S. France. 



On such a vast and diversified area the climate 

 naturally changes in its details, but remains fairly con- 

 stant in its typical features. The mean average tempera- 

 ture for the year ranges from 60° to 70° F., and the annual 

 rainfall is generally over 20 inches : there are three or 

 four months of dry and hot weather, and the winter is 

 comparatively mild and rainy. These conditions favour 



