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Prairies: Climate

Prairies: Climate. Kasia Bedkowski, Danielle Commisso, Alex Cobos. Table of Contents. Classification……………...…………………..Pg. 1 Description……………………………..……..Pg. 2 Picture of Prairies………………………….…Pg. 3 Climate Graph-Alberta….…………….……..Pg. 4 Climate Graph…………………………….…..Pg. 5

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Prairies: Climate

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  1. Prairies: Climate Kasia Bedkowski, Danielle Commisso, Alex Cobos

  2. Table of Contents • Classification……………...…………………..Pg. 1 • Description……………………………..……..Pg. 2 • Picture of Prairies………………………….…Pg. 3 • Climate Graph-Alberta….…………….……..Pg. 4 • Climate Graph…………………………….…..Pg. 5 • Climate Factors: Latitude………………...….Pg. 6 • Continentality……………………...………….Pg. 7 • Air Masses………………….……………….…Pg.8 • Prairies…………………………………...…….Pg.9 • Conclusion…………………………...……....Pg. 10

  3. Classification • The two climate regions of the Prairies are: • Prairies Region • Humid, Continental, Short Summer

  4. Description • Prairie Ecozone-moderately long, cold winters (-15˚C). Moderately warm summers (18˚C). Precipitation 250 to 700 mm. Growing season 170 to 190 days • Boreal Plains Ecozone-Long, cold winters (-20˚C). Short, warm summers (17˚C). Precipitation 450 mm. Growing season 130 to 165 days

  5. Prairies

  6. Climate graph-Alberta

  7. Climate Graph

  8. Climate Factors: Latitude • Latitude • The north is cold and the south is warm. The suns rays are less concentrated, because they are farther away from the equator and they have more atmosphere to travel through.

  9. Continentality • Continentality • The prairies are farther away from water, because of this, there is a higher temperature range.

  10. Air Masses • Air masses • Air masses that effect the prairies are the Polar Continental air mass, which bring cold and dry weather, high pressure and are anti-cyclonic, and the Gulf air mass, which brings low pressure, warm and moist weather and are cyclonic.

  11. Conclusion • In conclusion, the prairies have generally very flat land. The prairies are under two different classifications, the Prairies region and the Humid, Continental, Short summer region. Their climate factors are Latitude, Continentality and Air masses.

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