“…According to the Thornthwaite and KÖppen classifications, in Europe, aridity is characteristic only for some parts of the Iberian Peninsula. In recent years, the interest in investigating aridity and climate water deficit as important climate features in the Mediterranean region and South-Eastern and Central Europe, has increased, as shown by the following papers: Andrade and Corte-Real (2016), Chendeş et al (2010), Cheval et al (2016), Hrnjak et al (2014), Kenawy et al (2016), Nikolova and Mochurova (2012), Nistor (2016) and Rego and Rocha (2014).…”