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Mediterranean Biogeographic Region
Hillside Riparian forest and mediterranean shrubland vegetation on Monte Arcosu, Sardinia
Biogeographic regions of Europe, as defined by the European Environment Agency
Mediterranean
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
Geography
Oceans or seasMediterranean Sea
Climate typeCsa / Csb

The Mediterranean Biogeographic Region is the biogeographic region around and including the Mediterranean Sea. The term is defined by the European Environment Agency as applying to the land areas of Europe that border on the Mediterranean Sea, and the corresponding territorial waters. The region is rich in biodiversity and has many endemic species. The term may also be used in the broader sense of all the lands of the Mediterranean Basin, or in the narrow sense of just the Mediterranean Sea.

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