Figure 2

South East Spain: biogeographical, bioclimatic and climatic aspects

Figure 2a Bioclimatic zones

		thermomediterranean
		mesomediterranean
		supramediterranean
		cryto- and oromediterranean

Figure 2b Biogeographical zones

		Murcian-Almerian
		Catalan-Valencian-Provençal
		Castillian-La Mancha-Maestrazgo
		Baetic

Figure 2c Phytoclimatic subregions

			attenuated Saharan
			sub-Mediterranean Saharan
			warm subarid Mediterranean with extremely dry summers
			Mediterranean, less dry but warm even in winter
			Mediterranean, generally dry and warm
			Mediterranean, mainly dry and warm but with cool winters
			Mediterranean, dry though warm summers alternate with cool winters
			subhumid Mediterranean
			high montane

Figure 2d Spanish climatic regions

		arid
		southeastern
		continental
		extremely continental
		Spanish Levantine

Figure 2e Köppen's climatic classification

		desert-like
		warm steppe
		cool steppe
		Mediterranean with warm summers

Figure 2f Aridity as given by Thornthwaite's aridity index In=R/E, where R=annual rainfall and E=annual evaporation

		hyperarid (<0.3)
		arid (<0.5)
		semiarid (<0.7)
		subhumid (<1)
		humid (>1)