PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYClimates

Climates C-EC.J. Cox

The Geography of World Climates

• World Patterns• Tropical Climates• Dry Climates• Mid Latitude Climates• Snow Climates• Ice Climates

Tropical Climates (A)

Dry Climates (B)

Dry Climates (B)

Mid Latitude Climates (C)

Mid Latitude Climates (C)

Snow Climates (D)Ice Climates (E)

Ice Climates (E)

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)

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)

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)

The Geography of World Climates

• World Patterns• Tropical Climates• Dry Climates• Mid Latitude Climates• Snow Climates• Ice Climates

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

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)

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

The Geography of World Climates

• World Patterns• Tropical Climates• Dry Climates• Mid Latitude Climates• Snow Climates• Ice Climates

Ice Climates (E)• Temperature - monthly averages 9-12

months below 32F• no summer• very little precipitation• under polar high and the easterlies

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

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

The Geography of World Climates

• World Patterns• Tropical Climates• Dry Climates• Mid Latitude Climates• Snow Climates• Ice Climates

Was that a BW, ET or Am???

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYClimates

Climates C-EC.J. Cox