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Climate
The Mediterranean climate is characterised by dry and warm summers and cool to mild and wet winters. According to the Koppen climate classification, it is dominant on the Iberian Peninsula, particularly the Csa variety with summer droughts covering all but the far northern part of the country where the Oceanic climate predominates. Local climatic categorizations divide this climate into “Standard Mediterranean” of lowland regions and “Continentalized” mediterranean of the interior, according to altitude and the mildness/harshness of the winter season. The standard mediterranean covers coastal areas (excluding the northern Atlantic coast) the Guadalquivir river basin and the lower reaches of the Tagus and Guadiana basins to the west of the country. The “Continentalized” Mediterranean climate predominates in Spain’s vast table lands (Meseta Central) of the interior