Mediterranean climate ecosystem in Southern Europe
Springtime in Chilean matorral a few kilometers north of Santiago along the Pan-American Highway
Matorral is a Spanish word, along with tomillares, for shrubland, thicket or bushes.[1] It is used in naming and describing a Mediterranean climate ecosystem in Southern Europe.
^Velazquez, Mariano (comp.) (1973) "Matorral" A New Pronouncing Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages (rev. ed.) Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, p. 431
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