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Chapter 15-2 Climate regions

Chapter 15-2 Climate regions. What factors are used to classify climate? What are the five major climate regions. Classifying Climate. Climate is Classified by two major factors. Temperature Precipitation Five main climate types Tropical rainy Dry Temperate Marine Temperate continental

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Chapter 15-2 Climate regions

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  1. Chapter 15-2 Climate regions What factors are used to classify climate? What are the five major climate regions

  2. Classifying Climate • Climate is Classified by two major factors. • Temperature • Precipitation • Five main climate types • Tropical rainy • Dry • Temperate Marine • Temperate continental • Polar

  3. Tropical Rainy Climates • Tropical types • Wet • dry • Tropical Wet • Many rainy days • Lush vegetation • Rain forests • Tropical Dry • Less rainfall • Grass lands • Savannah

  4. Dry Climate • Arid or semiarid • Arid – • Less than 25 cm of precipitation per year • Cactus • Yucca • Southwest US • Semi arid • edge of deserts • Grasses and low bushes • Called a Steppe or prairie • The Great Plains

  5. Temperate Marine Climate • Three Types • Marine West Coast • North of 40 Lat and South of 40 Lat • Humid cool rainy summers and mild rainy winters. • Produce large forests • Mediterranean • Drier and warmer than the west coast • Dense shrubs and small trees • In California olives grapes and oranges are grown in this zone • Humid Sub-Tropical • The warmest region • Hot wet summers • Cool Winters • Houston, new Orleans • Mixed forest of Pine, oak, ash, hickory

  6. Temperate Continental Climate • Two types • Humid Continental • North East US • Mixed forest • Warm humid summers • Subartic • Russia, Canada, Alaska • Winters are long and cold • Coniferous tres • Large mammals

  7. Polar Climate • Two Zones • Ice Cap • Greenland and Antarctica • Temperature below freezing • Land is covered with ice • Few low plants • Tundra • Alaska, Russia, Canada • Short Cool Summer • Bitterly cold winters • Permafrost • Mosquitoes • Caribou • Musk oxen • Wolves

  8. Highlands • Lower temperature than surrounding areas • Animals typical of the subarctic • Moose, porcupines • Few trees above timberline

  9. Summary • What two factors are used to classify climate? • Temperature, and Precipitation • What are five Major Climate zones • Tropical-Hot rainy, dry- little precipitation, temperate marine- humid and mild, temperate continental- warm summers cold winters, Polar- cool summers cold winters

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