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West Asia and North Africa.
Western Mediterranean.
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Desert areas with extremely low rainfall. |
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Low rainfall areas with less than 250 mm annually - the Rangeland |
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Cereal Zone with 250 to 500 mm |
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High Rainfall Zone above 500 mm |
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High rainfall zone outside the Mediterranean pattern of rainfall. Summer growing season |
Medic has been sown in zone between Casablanca and Safi. Safi also centre for IFAD project with medic.
Settat an important area for medic.
Seed production unit at El Jadida
El Kemis is south west of Blida.
El Kroub is near Contantine.
Unfortunately Zaghouan is not shown. It is inland from the Gulf of Hammamat.
Le Kef and Siliana are south of Jundubah.
Sejnane is in the north east corner south of Bizerte.
El Marj was the centre of the Jebel al Akdhar project.
The Jefara Plains sowing of medic was in the west of Libya - south and west of Tripoli.
Eastern Mediterranean
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Desert areas with extremely low rainfall. |
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Low rainfall areas with less than 250 mm annually - the Rangeland |
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Cereal Zone with 250 to 500 mm |
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High Rainfall Zone above 500 mm |
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High rainfall zone outside the Mediterranean pattern of rainfall. Summer growing season |
West Asia
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Desert areas with extremely low rainfall. |
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Low rainfall areas with less than 250 mm annually - the Rangeland |
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Cereal Zone with 250 to 500 mm |
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High Rainfall Zone above 500 mm |
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High rainfall zone outside the Mediterranean pattern of rainfall. Summer growing season |
Occupied Palestine Territory
The medic areas were at Madaba and Irbid.
Ma'in the rangeland area is between Madaba and the Dead sea.
ICARDA is at Aleppo
ACSAD is at Damascus.
The South Australian medic project was at Arbil (Erbil).
The Western Australian project was based in Mosul but with sites stretching to the Syrian border.
Australia and North Africa compared.
The above transposition of Australia on the map of North Africa demonstrate the similarities in climate. In particular Adelaide and Tunis have very similar climates.
South Australia and South Africa
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Desert areas with extremely low rainfall. |
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Low rainfall areas with less than 250 mm annually - Rangeland |
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Cereal Zone with 250 to 500 mm |
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High Rainfall Zone above 500 mm |
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High rainfall zone outside the Mediterranean pattern of rainfall. Summer growing season |
South and North America
Some rainfalls and temperatures
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COUNTRY AND TOWN
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Altitude metres |
Annual rainfall. mm. |
Rainfall in Autumn, Spring, Winter. mm. |
Rainfall in Summer. mm. |
Winter cold - average min. ºC |
| SPAIN | |||||
| Jaen |
578
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601
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568
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23
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5.4
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| Cordoba |
110
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674
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656
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18
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5.2
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| Toledo |
717
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566
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465
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101
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1.3
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| Seville |
9
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564
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550
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14
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6.8
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| ITALY | |||||
| Milan |
121
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1017
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744
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273
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1.3
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| Castel di Fiori |
550
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864
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762
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102
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2.5
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| Palermo |
31
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512
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483
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29
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8.6
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| Rome |
17
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744
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671
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73
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5
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| GREECE | |||||
| Athens |
107
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402
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375
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27
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7
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| ARGENTINA | |||||
| Mendoza |
801
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193
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121
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72
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2.3
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| Tinogasta |
1201
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173
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63
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110
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-1
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| MOROCCO | |||||
| Marrakesh |
460
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241
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227
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14
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5
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| TUNISIA | |||||
| Tunis |
66
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422
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403
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19
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7
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| TURKEY | |||||
| Ismir |
28
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652
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627
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25
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5
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| USA | |||||
| Sacramento |
5
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474
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468
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6
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5
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COUNTRY AND TOWN
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Altitude metres |
Annual rainfall. mm. |
Rainfall in Autumn, Spring, Winter. mm. |
Rainfall in Summer. mm. |
Winter cold ºC |
| AUSTRALIA | |||||
| SOUTH AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Roseworthy |
114
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441
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378
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63
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6.4
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| Murray Bridge |
15
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345
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288
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57
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5.7
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| Loxton |
66
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274
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217
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57
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4.3
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| Wilpena |
530
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428
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341
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87
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3.2
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| VICTORIA | |||||
| Shepparton |
113
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503
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407
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96
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3.5
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| Bendigo |
225
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550
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451
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99
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4
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| Mildura |
51
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293
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231
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62
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5
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| Ararat |
295
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616
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513
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103
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4.6
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| TASMANIA | |||||
| Launceston |
171
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700
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563
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137
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2.7
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| Hobart |
4
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530
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395
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135
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4.2
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| Scottsdale |
200
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984
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810
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174
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3.8
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| WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |||||
| Moora |
203
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461
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426
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35
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6.8
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| York |
174
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460
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426
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34
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5.2
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| Narrogin |
340
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505
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465
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40
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6
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| Frankland |
230
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601
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538
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63
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6.6
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| Kalgoorlie |
360
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256
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193
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63
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5.3
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| Ongerup |
286
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383
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333
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50
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6
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| Scaddan |
230
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513
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420
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93
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6.8
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