Ch' 3 Section 3

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Ch. 3 Section 3

• Global Climates

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Factors Affecting Climate

• Latitude
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Continental or Maritime location (Topography)
• Elevation/Altitude
• Oceans and Large Lakes
• Earths Winds

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Types of Climates

• Low-Latitude Climates
• Dry Climates
• Mid-Latitude Climates
• High-Latitude Climates
• Tundra Climate
• Highland Climate

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Low-Latitude Climates

• Humid Tropical
• Wet
• Hot
• Ideal for plant growth
• Tropical Rain Forest

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Low-Latitude Climates

• Tropical-savanna
• Located north and south of humid-tropical
• Wet and dry climate
• More of a season change
• Tropical Grasslands

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Dry Climates

• Desert
• 30 degrees north and south
• Little rainfall
• Temperature extremes (115 daytime, 60 nighttime)
• Sahara Desert

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Dry Climates

• Semi-arid Steppe
• Transition between deserts and more humid
  climates
• Short grass
• Few trees (along rivers)
• Transforming into deserts

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Mid-Latitude

• Mediterranean
• Between 30 and 40 degrees latitude
• Coastal areas of S. Europe and west coasts of
  continents with cool oceans

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Mid-Latitude

• Humid-subtropical
• Found on the eastern side of continents with warm
  ocean currents (Eastern Australia)
• Hot/humid summers, mild winters

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Mid-Latitude

• Marine-West-Coast
• West coast in upper-mid latitudes
• Mild temps all year
• Temperate evergreen forest

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Mid-Latitude

• Humid-continental
• 4 distinct seasons
• Long cold winter
• Short warm summer
• Mixed forest

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High-Latitude

• Subarctic
• Long, dark, cold winters
• Short warm summers
• Greatest annual temperature ranges in the world
  (0-90)

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High-Latitude

• Tundra
• Cold all year, short summers
• Mosses, lichens, low shrubs
• Permafrost
• Polar ice caps

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Highland

• Climate varies due to elevation
• Lower elevations similar to surrounding area
• Mt. Kilimanjaro