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Weather and Climate Weather atmospheric
conditions at a particular location and time
Climate weather conditions at one location over
long a period
Rain Shadow Rain shadow land on opposite side
of air movement when it hits hills and mountains
(A wet, B Desert)
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Hurricanes Huge storms called hurricanes, or
typhoons - form over warm, tropical ocean
waters - hit land with heavy rain, high winds,
storm surge
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Tornadoes Tornado a powerful, funnel-shaped
column of spiraling air - born from strong
thunderstorms
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Weather Extremes
Blizzards Blizzard heavy snowstorm with
strong winds, reduced visibility
Droughts Drought long period of time with
either no or minimal rainfall
Floods Water spreads out over normally dry
land
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Factors Affecting Climate
Wind and Ocean Current
Zones of Latitude Elevation Global Warming
Gradual warming of the earths atmosphere
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Climate Regions
Tropical
Tropical Wet (Hawaii) Hot daily rainfall adds
up to more than 80 annually
Tropical Wet and Dry (Bahamas) Warm, wet
summer season cooler, dry winter season Semiarid
(Texas) Hot summers mild to cold winters
little precipitation Desert (Sahara Desert)
Less than 10 rain per year Middle
Latitudes Mediterranean (Italy, Greece, Los
Angeles) Summers dry and hot winters cool and
rainy Marine West Coast (Seattle, Eastern
China) Moderate temperatures frequently
cloudy, foggy, Humid Subtropical (Georgia)
Long periods of summer heat and humidity winters
mild to cool
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Humid Continental (New York, Chicago) Great
variety of temperature, precipitation four
distinct seasons High Latitudes (Cold) Subarctic
(Southern Canada, Alaska) Summers are short and
cool winters are long and very cold
Tundra (Nothern Canada, Alaska) Tundraflat,
treeless ring of lands around the Arctic
Ocean Very little precipitation summer
temperatures around 40F. Permafrost is the
constantly frozen subsoil found in this region
Ice Cap (Antarctica) Snow, ice, permanently
freezing temperatures
Highlands (Appalachian, Rocky Mountains)
Climate varies with latitude, elevation,
topography, location
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Vegetation Regions
Forestlands Deciduous broadleaf trees maple,
oak, birch Rain forest tropical forest with
broadleaf trees Coniferous needle leaf trees
cone bearing pine, fir
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