Question

A geographic region has the following distinct characteristics:

1. Warm and dry climate

2. Mild and wet winter

3. Evergreen oak trees

The above features are the distinct characteristics of which one of the following regions?

1. Mediterranean
2. Eastern China
3. Central Asia
4. Atlantic coast of North America

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mediterranean

The correct answer is the Mediterranean.

• The Mediterranean region is the region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
• Mediterranean Region is located on the western margins of continents between 30° to 45° North and south latitudes.
• This includes places from Europe, South America, North America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
• The Mediterranean region is characterized by warm dry summers and cool wet winters. Hence, Statement 1 & 2 are correct.
• There is moderate rainfall during the winter months.
• Forests are found in the wetter parts and along the higher altitudes.
• cork, olive, mulberry, and some types of pines, cedars, and chestnuts are found in the region.
• The main crops are wheat, olives, vine, citrus fruits, barley, etc.
• Most of the east and northeast margins of the continents are covered by temperate evergreen and deciduous trees. 
• Quercus ilex i.e. the evergreen oak, holly oak, or holm oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. Hence, Statement 3 is correct.

• Central Asia is the central region of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to the border of western China in the east.
  • It is bounded on the north by Russia and on the south by Iran, Afghanistan, and China.
  • The region consists of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. 
  • Central Asia experiences very dry climatic conditions, and inadequate precipitation.
  • Central Asia experiences hot summers and cool winters, with much sunshine and very little precipitation.
  • The scarcity of water has led to very uneven population distribution, with most people living along the fertile banks of the rivers or along the fertile mountain foothills in the southeast; comparatively few live in the vast arid expanses of central and western Kazakhstan and western Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
• Eastern China consists of the capital region, the Pacific coastal regions, and the Huang He, Chiang Jiang, and Xi Jiang river valleys, as well as the northeast region of Manchuria, where winters tend to be drier and more severe. 
  • Eastern China region experiences warm, wet summers and mild winters.
  • It is the most populated and the most conducive to agriculture.
  • Most of eastern China and China proper, when compared to the rest of China, experience milder temperatures.
  • Western China, which includes the remote regions of Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur, is characterized by dramatic mountain ranges and desert plateaus.