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SOUTH PACIFIC
OCEAN
La Serena
Santiago
Concepción
Bariloche
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Legend
Mediterranean-type climate
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Kilometers
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Fig. 6.1
Distribution of the mediterranean-type climate (MTC) in Chile and adjacent parts of
South America (dark shading)
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Valparaı´ so on the central coast receives about 390 mm of annual precipitation,
while Santiago inland at the base of the Andes receives about 350 mm. La Serena
at the northern margin of the mediterranean zone receives only about 125 mm of
annual precipitation, with a wide variability between years. To the south, Con-
cepcio´ n along the coast at the traditional southern margin of the region receives
about 1275 mm annually. Higher levels of mean annual precipitation reaching
2000-5000 mm or more are present in the forested areas of the Andean Cordillera
in Los Lagos Regio´ n. Eastward there are many pockets of drier sites with a MTC,
