Editing Geography of Armenia (section)

==Climate==
{{Main|Climate of Armenia}}

Temperatures in Armenia generally depend upon elevation.<ref name=":02" /> Mountain formations block the moderating climatic influences of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, creating wide seasonal variations with cold snowy winters, and warm to hot summers.<ref name=":02" /> On the Armenian Plateau, the mean midwinter temperature is {{convert|0|°C|°F}} to {{convert|−15|°C|°F}}, and the mean midsummer temperature is {{convert|15|°C|°F}} to {{convert|30|°C|°F}}.<ref name=":02" /> Average precipitation ranges from {{convert|250|mm|in|1|sp=us}} per year in the lower Araks River valley to {{convert|800|mm|in|1|sp=us}} at the highest altitudes.<ref name=":02" /> Despite the harshness of winter in most parts (with frosts reaching {{convert|-40|°C|°F}} and lower in [[Shirak Province|Shirak]] region{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}), the fertility of the plateau's volcanic soil made Armenia one of the world's earliest sites of agricultural activity.<ref name=":02" />