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1 day ago · As such, the climate in Crete is primarily a hot-summer Mediterranean (Csa) climate while some areas in the south and east have a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh). The higher elevations fall into the warm-summer Mediterranean climate category ( Csb ) [23] while the mountain peaks (>2,000 meters) might feature a cold ...
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The Bull-Leaping Fresco from Knossos showing bull-leaping,...
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Regions for Greek islands. Greece has many islands, with...
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Map of the Sea of Crete. The Sea of Crete (Greek: Κρητικό...
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The Realm or Kingdom of Candia (Venetian: Regno de Càndia;...
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1 day ago · In Tambacounda in the far interior, particularly on the border of Mali where desert begins, temperatures can reach as high as 54 °C (129.2 °F). The northernmost part of the country is the Lompoul desert that has a near hot desert climate, the central part has a hot semi-arid climate and the southernmost part has a tropical wet and dry climate ...
1 day ago · Owing to its location in the Dahomey Gap, where the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean coast runs parallel to the prevailing moist monsoonal winds, Accra features a very marginal hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSh) that borders on a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen climate classification: Aw/As). The average ...
5 hours ago · A hot semi-arid climate predominates in the land east of the Western Ghats which includes inland south and south central parts of the state and gets between 400 and 750 millimetres (15.7 and 29.5 in) of rainfall annually, with hot summers and dry winters with temperatures around 20–24 °C (68–75 °F). The months between March and May are ...
5 hours ago · Monsoon rainfall is the most important source of fresh water, particularly in the tropics and sub-tropical regions. More than half of the global population depends upon the monsoon rains for drinking water, agriculture, and power generation, and the whole community economy of the South Asian countries depends on monsoon rains.
5 hours ago · The arid, desert conditions were a boon throughout the history of ancient Egypt for burials of the poor, who could not afford the elaborate burial preparations available to the elite. Wealthier Egyptians began to bury their dead in stone tombs and use artificial mummification, which involved removing the internal organs , wrapping the body in ...
1 day ago · Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო, romanized: sakartvelo, IPA: [sakʰartʰʷelo] ⓘ) is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast.
