Mediterranean Basin
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The Mediterranean Basin is the area of land and sea surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, though its exact boundaries aren't strictly defined. It matters as a historically significant region where multiple civilizations, cultures, and trade networks have developed and interacted over thousands of years.
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In biogeography, the Mediterranean basin (/ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪniən/ MED-ih-tə-RAY-nee-ən), also known as the Mediterranean region or sometimes Mediterranea, is the region of lands around the Mediterranean Sea that mostly have a Mediterranean climate, with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm to hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation.
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