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| Of all the Chilean
wine regions, the Maule Valley has the greatest
geographic diversity. Its four distinct relief units,
the Andes Mountains, the Intermediate Depression,
the Coastal Mountains, and the Coastal Planes, provide
a zonal diversification of soil and climate types
from north to south and east to west. |
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| The climate is Mediterranean
throughout the valley, with variations from the
coast to the Andes. |
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| Coastal Zone: Even
temperatures and scant precipitation is the norm
due to the proximity to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Interior Valleys: Well-defined
seasons and significant differences between daytime
and night time temperatures. |
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| Andean Piedmont Zone:
Lower temperatures and greater precipitation than
in the interior valleys. |
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