What type of climate dominates the coastal regions of the Aegean and Mediterranean in southern and western Türkiye?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Mediterranean Climate
- Step 1: The Mediterranean coastal zone experiences hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.
- Step 2: This climate supports evergreen sclerophyllous shrub vegetation known as maquis (maki).
Answer
Mediterranean Climate.
Why not the others: 'Oceanic Climate' characterizes the humid Black Sea coast; 'Continental Steppe Climate' dominates the central and eastern Anatolian interior; 'Subarctic Alpine' occurs only on high eastern summits.
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