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CLIMATES OF THE
WORLD
CLIMATIC AREAS IN THE EARTH
●CLIMATIC
AREAS IN THE
EARTH. There
are three
important
climates areas
in the world.
●a). THE WARM ZONE is located between
the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
Capricorn, including the Equator zone.
●b). Two TEMPLATE ZONES located
between the tropics and the polar circles.
●c). Two COLD AREAS located in the two
poles.
. CLIMATE OF THE WARM ZONE OF
THE EARTH.THE HOT ZONE. Average temperature over
20º grades all the year.
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
●. Features:
●It rains a lot and it is
always hot. It rains over
2000 litres and has an
average temperature
over 20º grades.
●Landscape: jungle and
tropical rainforest. A lot
of species of animals and
plants.
Animales: loro, tucán, mono,
serpiente, leopardo.
In this climate rains a lot
and regularly along the
year, over 2000 litres.
Temperature more than
25º C.
●TROPICAL CLIMATE
●Features:
●Too hot and there are two seasons: rainy season and dry season. Dry season could be from three months to nine months depending on the area.
●Landscape: savanna. (animals such as lions, giraffes, ostriches, zebras).
Temperatures are warm. Precipitation
more than 1000 litres. There are two
seasons: rainy and dry. If rainy season is
about 9 months the climate is Tropical
Humid; if dry season is more than 6 months
the climate is Tropical Dry.
Animales como: cebra, jirafa,
avestruz, león, gacela,
antílope.
DESERTIC CLIMATE
●Features:
●Too hot and a little
rain, less than 200
litres every year..
●High temperatures
during the day and
low temperatures
during the night.
Types of desert.
Stone desert. Sand desert.
●There are two types of
desert: oStone deserts near the
mountains.
oAnd the typical deserts
of sand.
Animales como: escorpión,
zorro del desierto,
serpientes, perros de la
pradera,
CLIMATES OF THE TEMPERATE
AREA OF THE EARTH.
OCEANIC CLIMATE.
●Features:
●It rains a lot and regularly during the whole year.
●Temperatures are very mild during all the seasons.
●Landscape: forest of oaks, beech trees chestnuts, …
Rainfaill about 1000 litres and
rains regularly along the year.
Temperatures: winters are
mild with no months below
zero and summers are mild. .
Animales como: ardillas, lobos,
buhos, ciervos,
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
●Features:
●It rains mostly in Autumn, Winter and Spring. During the summer it does't usually rain: drought.
●Temperatures are soft during autumn, winter and spring and very hot during the summer.
●Landscape: mediterranean forest (holm oak, pines, aromatic plants as thyme, rosemary, …).
Rainfall about 500 litres. Drought
during summertime. Summers are hot.
Animales como: jabalí, ciervo, zorro,
lobos, osos, lince.
CONTINENTAL CLIMATE
●Features:
●Winters are very cold with
temperatures under zero
degrees and summers are hot.
●In winter it usually snows and
rains during the summer.
●Landscape: the meadow.
Lluvias alrededor de 500 litros
y temperatura media anual
entre 5 y 10 grados.
Animales como: zorros, lobos,
CLIMATES OF THE COLDEST
ZONES OF THE EARTH
●Most of the months
temperatures are below
zero degrees. It is too
cold and the land is
usually frozen.
●It rains only a little and
it usually snows.
It rains less than 200 litres a year.
Most of the year temperatures are
below zero. If 12 months are
below zero the climate is Polar, if
there are j2-3 months above zero
the climate is Polar Tundra. Animales como: zorros, lobos, osos,
renos, liebres árticas, buhos árticos.
LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE OF THE TEMPLATE
ZONE OF THE EARTH: THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.
●The climate is the result of a few elements as:oRain: in Spain it rains more in the north than in the south. oTemperatures: temperatures are higher in the south than
in the north.
●In Spain there are several types of weather:
THE OCEANIC CLIMATE.
●Area: north and north-west of
the Iberian Peninsula.
●It rains a lot during all seasons.
●Temperatures are mild.
●Landscape: oak forest, beech
trees, meadows,etc.
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE.
●Area: south and east of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
●Summers are hot and during the winter temperatures are very soft.
●Little rain. It usually rains during autumn and spring.
●Landscape: forest of holm oak, cork oak, pines and bushes.
CONTINENTAL-MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE. ●Area: the centre of the Iberian
Peninsula.
●Temperatures are colder than in
Typical Mediterranean Climate
in winter and very hot in
summer.
●Little rain, about 300-500 litres.
●Landscape: meadows and and
holm oak.
CLIMATE OF THE CANARY
ISLANDS.●Area; Canary islands..
●Temperatures are very soft all
the year.
●Little rain.
●Landscape: palm trees, canary
pines, the drago and several
types of bushes.
HIGH MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.
●The highest mountains of the
Iberian peninsula: Pyrenees,
Betic Mountains, Iberian
System, Central System, etc.
●Temperatures are very low all
the year.
●It rains a lot..
WEATHER MAPS. The weather map with its
symbols.
●A sun: it means no clouds in the sky, a sunny day.
●A sun hidden by a cloud: it means clouds in the sky, a
cloudy day .
●A black cloud and a lightning: it means a storm.
●Black clouds with rain: it means rain.
●A sun hidden by a black cloud: it means part of the day will
be rainy and part of the day will be cloudy.
Activity.
●How is the day in
Galicia?.
●How is the day in
Madrid?.
●How is the day in
Extremadura?.
●How is the day in
Tenerife?.