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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Climates

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Climates. Climates C-E C.J. Cox. The Geography of World Climates. World Patterns Tropical Climates Dry Climates Mid Latitude Climates Snow Climates Ice Climates. Ice Climates (E). Snow Climates (D). Mid Latitude Climates (C). Dry Climates (B).

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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Climates

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  1. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYClimates Climates C-E C.J. Cox

  2. The Geography of World Climates • World Patterns • Tropical Climates • Dry Climates • Mid Latitude Climates • Snow Climates • Ice Climates

  3. Ice Climates (E) Snow Climates (D) Mid Latitude Climates (C) Dry Climates (B) Tropical Climates (A) Dry Climates (B) Mid Latitude Climates (C) Ice Climates (E)

  4. Mediterranean Climate (Cs) • Temperature average between 32 and 64 F • Precipitation - dry summer & wet winter • Vegetation - chaparral, drought resistant woody shrubs & scattered trees • mediterranean woodland • Soils - mixed • Locations - West coasts of midlatitudes (find and list at least five specific countries, basins, or coasts)

  5. Humid Subtropical (Cfa) • Temperature average between 32 and 64 F • Precipitation - wet all year • Vegetation - mixed broadleafs and conifers • Soils - mixed • Locations - East coast of mid latitudes (find and list at least five specific countries, basins, or coasts)

  6. Humid Subtropical in S. Carolina - Tobacco

  7. Humid Subtropical Yangze River, China

  8. Marine West Coast (Cfb) • Temperature average between 32 and 64 F • Precipitation - wet all year • Vegetation - mixed but mostly conifers • Soils - acidic • Locations - East coast of mid latitudes north of mediterrean climates (find and list at least five specific countries, basins, or coasts)

  9. The Geography of World Climates • World Patterns • Tropical Climates • Dry Climates • Mid Latitude Climates • Snow Climates • Ice Climates

  10. Snow Climates (D) • Temperature - coldest month is below 32f • warmest month is above 50F • Dfa,b= Humid Continental Climate • Dfc,d = Subarctic climate • Dfc,d = Subacrtic Climate

  11. Humid Continental (Dfa,b) • Temperature - one month averages below 32F and at least one averages over 50F • great annual temperature range • Precipitation - wet all year • Vegetation - mostly conifers • Soils - acidic • Locations - Higher latitudes and interiors of large northern continents (find and list at least five specific countries, basins, or coasts)

  12. Subarctic Climate (Dfc,d) • Temperature average below 32F at least 4 months of the year • great annual temperature range • Precipitation - minimal (5-30”) • Vegetation - smaller conifers - taiga forests • Soils - acidic • Locations - Higher latitudes and interiors of large northern continents

  13. The Geography of World Climates • World Patterns • Tropical Climates • Dry Climates • Mid Latitude Climates • Snow Climates • Ice Climates

  14. Ice Climates (E) • Temperature - monthly averages 9-12 months below 32F • no summer • very little precipitation • under polar high and the easterlies

  15. Polar Tundra Climate (ET) • Temperature average below 32F 9 months of the year • great annual temperature range • Precipitation - • Vegetation - mosses & lichens • Soils - significant permafrost • Locations - Highest latitudes (65 degrees) and interiors of large northern continents

  16. Alaskan Tundra

  17. Polar Ice Cap (EF) • Temperature average below 32F all year • Precipitation - meager - desert like • Vegetation - none • Soils - none • Locations -Glaciated regions near the polar areas and at the highest elevations

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