Mary Allen
ʻO nā subtropics kekahi o nā ʻāpana ʻāina i māhele ʻia ai ka honua. Aia lākou ma waena o nā ʻāina wela a me ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa. I loko o nā subtropics, wela ke kauwela e like me ka tropics, akā ʻo ka hoʻoilo ʻaʻohe mea e pili ana i ka tropics. ʻOkoʻa me nā ʻōpuʻu, loaʻa i nā subtropics kahi aniau kau. ʻO ia ke ʻano hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka mahana e hoʻokaʻawale i waena o ke kauwela a me ka hoʻoilo. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ikaika loa kēia mau ʻokoʻa wela e like me ka wahi maʻamau. Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ua, ua māhele ʻia nā subtropics i nā piʻi Mediterranean, nā ʻaoʻao hikina, a me nā subtropics maloʻo.
Kapa ʻia ka ʻāina Mediterranean no ka mea e lanakila nui ana ma nā wahi a puni ke Kai Mediterranean. Eia nō naʻe, aia nō ka piʻi ʻana o Mediterranean ma Kaleponi a ma nā wahi liʻiliʻi o Chile, Australia, a me ʻApelika Hema. Ma kēia mau wahi, nui ka ua i ka hoʻoilo. ʻO ia ke kumu e ʻōlelo ai kekahi i nā wahi ua hoʻoilo. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole hāʻule ka mahana ma lalo o 0 degere Celsius, e ua ai akā ʻaʻohe hau. He wela a maloʻo ke kauwela. Ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai i nā mea kanu i nā mahina kau wela, ua hana ko lākou mau lau i kahi papa mānoanoa o waho. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole hiki i nā kukuna o ka lā ke hoʻohemo maʻalahi i ka wai o nā lau. ʻO nā laʻana ka lāʻau ʻoliva a i ʻole ka lāʻau ʻoka.
Ua lanakila ka ʻaoʻao hikina ma nā wahi kokoke i ke kahakai hikina. ʻO kēia mau mea, no ka laʻana, nā mokuʻāina hema o USA a me nā ʻāpana o Asia Hikina. E like me ke anuanu o ke Kaiwaenahonua, aia nā kauwela wela a me nā hoʻoilo mālie. Akā, ua lawa ka ua i ka makahiki. I ke kauwela ua ʻoi aku ka ua ma mua o ka hoʻoilo. He pili kēia i ka hele ʻana mai o ka makani mai ka hikina mai i ke kauwela, ʻo ia hoʻi, mai ke kai mai. ʻO ka hopena, hōʻiliʻili lākou i ka nui o ka wai, a laila ua ua ma luna o ka ʻāina nui. I ka hooilo, ma kekahi aoao, mai ke komohana mai ka makani, kahi o ka aina nui. Ke ulu nei nā wao ua subtropical ma kekahi o kēia mau wahi. Ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, e like me ka Canary Islands, Vietnam, a i ʻole ka ʻākau o Aotearoa, aia nā nahele laurel. Ke ulu nei nā kumulāʻau ma laila me nā lau e like me ka paʻakikī e like me ka ʻili, ʻaʻole hāʻule. Ua lanakila pū ka ʻaoʻao hikina i ka Pampas ma ʻAmelika Hema.
Ma nā subtropics maloʻo, maloʻo ia i ka makahiki āpau. No laila ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe ua. Aia ka waoakua loa ma laila. Ua kaupalena ʻia ke ʻano olaola o nā mea kanu i nā mea hiki ke mālama pono i ka wai. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka Sahara kahi ʻāpana. Aia ka ʻaoʻao hema i loko o ka ʻāina ʻāina. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe ʻo ka wao nahele ʻo Atacama ma ʻAmelika Hema a me nā wao nahele ma ka Peninsula Arabian.