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Climate and Natural Enviroment in Sardinia

The climate is Mediterranean with long hot dry breezy summers and short mild rainy winters, except at high altitudes. Average annual temperatures range from 18 ºC along the coastal belt to 14 ºC inland. Precipitations are largely confined to the winter months and distribution is somewhat irregular, with as much as 1,300 mm./year in the highest areas. The prevailing wind is north-westerly, which blows over the island in all seasons, particularly sweeping the west side.

Sardinia is the reign of the Mediterranean scrub, widespread also over the inland areas as a result of the fairly low altitude, and generally consisting of a low covering of cistus, varieties of broom and heather. In more favourable spots, this gives way to small thick stands of mastic, strawberry trees and wild olive. The once extensive woodland was partly destroyed last century and all that remains are oak, holly oak and chestnut woods covering 17% of regional territory. Particularly important are the cork woods, fo ... Read More...