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World Climates

World Climates. Tropical Wet. Characteristics Always hot rains daily. Tropical Wet and Dry. Characteristics Rainy warm summers dry , cool winters. Semiarid. Characteristics Little precipitation mild to cold winters (can snow ) interior of continents. Desert. Characteristics

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World Climates

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  1. World Climates

  2. Tropical Wet • Characteristics • Always hot • rains daily

  3. Tropical Wet and Dry • Characteristics • Rainy • warm summers • dry, cool winters

  4. Semiarid • Characteristics • Little precipitation • mild to cold winters (can snow) • interior of continents

  5. Desert • Characteristics • Less than 10 inches per year of precipitation

  6. Mediterranean • Characteristics • Dry, hot summers • cool, rainy winters… • usually around Med Sea

  7. Marine West Coast • Characteristics • Cloudy • Damp • precipitation pretty much year round

  8. Humid Subtropical • Characteristics • Long summers- heat and humidity • prone to hurricanes • mild to cool winters

  9. Humid Continental • Characteristics • Great variety in temperature and precipitation • all four seasons

  10. Subarctic • Characteristics • Huge temperature variations • short, cool summers • very cold winters • taiga forests

  11. Tundra • Characteristics • Little precipitation • permafrost (perm frozen ground) • cold summer

  12. Ice Cap • Characteristics • Permanently freezing temperatures, so cold it rarely snows • polar desert

  13. Highlands • Characteristics • Varies due to all factors • Cold as elevation increases

  14. Tropical Wet Belem, Brazil Elev: 42 ftLat: 01 o 27' S    Long: 48 o 29'W D • LACEMOPS • Latitude • warm ocean currents • winds moving air masses

  15. C Tropical Wet & Dry Mexico City, Mexico Elev: 7340 ftLat: 19 o 26' N    Long: 99 o 04'W • LACEMOPS • Latitude • warm ocean currents • winds moving air masses

  16. Semiarid Phoenix, Az. Elev: 1107 ft Lat: 33oN    Long: 112oW K • LACEMOPS • Continentality • winds moving apart at horse latitudes • cold ocean currents • mountain barriers

  17. Desert Cairo, Egypt Elev: 381 ftLat: 29 oN    Long: 31 oE H • LACEMOPS • Continentality • winds moving apart at horse latitudes • cold ocean currents • mountain barriers

  18. Mediterranean Athens, Greece Elev: 351 ftLat: 37 oN    Long: 23 o E • LACEMOPS • Latitude • ocean currents • air masses E

  19. LACEMOPS • Warm winds • cold ocean currents (storms) • Continentality (moderates) F Marine West Coast London, England Elev: 149 ftLat: 51 oN    Long: 00 o

  20. LACEMOPS • Latitude • warm ocean currents meet high pressure with heavy cold air (storms) Humid Subtropical Buenos Aires, Argentina Elev: 89 ftLat: 34 o 33' S    Long: 58 o 29'W L

  21. J • LACEMOPS • Latitude, • continentality (farther away from water) • air masses chilled by Arctic ice and snow collide with tropical air masses (storms, tornadoes) Humid Continental Minneapolis, Minnesota Elev: 686 ftLat: 45 oN    Long: 93 oW

  22. Subarctic Arkhangelsk, Russia Elev: 13 ftLat: 65° N, Long: 41° W B • LACEMOPS • Latitude • polar winds and cold air masses • Continentality, (extreme coldness b/c no water to moderate)

  23. A Tundra Barrow, Alaska Elev: 10 ft Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W • LACEMOPS • Latitude • polar air masses • cold ocean currents (dry, little precipitation)

  24. Ice Cap Scott Base, Antarctica Elev: 52ftLat: 77 oS    Long: 166 oE I • LACEMOPS • Latitude • polar air masses • cold ocean currents (dry, little precipitation)

  25. Highlands La Paz, Bolivia G • LACEMOPS • Elevation • Latitude • Winds • ocean currents (dry or wet) Elev: 11,975 ft Lat: 17oS   Long: 68oW

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