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13 Cards in this Set
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West Coast Marine |
Cool, rainy winters; cloudy, mild summers; lots of precipitation year round, greatly affected by oceans currents and prevailing winds |
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Mediterranean |
Mild and moist winters, hot and dry summers, usually occurs in the middle latitudes along west coasts, variety of vegetation |
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Steppe |
Usually borders a desert, short grasslands used for grazing, very little precipitation (10-20 inches), wide temperature ranges |
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Humid Subtropical |
Rarely freezes in winter; hot, humid summers; precipitation all year round but it is heavier in the summer, occurs in the lower parts of the middle latitude zones, often on the east side of a continent |
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Highland |
Due to elevation changes over relatively short distances, temerature, precipitation, and vegetation vary greatly |
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Monsoon |
Periodic change in wind pattern, in the Pacific and SE Asia, rainy season when wind blows from water to land; dry season as wind blows from land to water, tend to have heavy vegetation |
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Tropical Rainforest |
Located in low latitudes, warm to hot all year round, heavy to very heavy precipitation all year round, lush jungle-like vegetation |
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Desert |
Very, very little precipitation all year round, very hot during the day, very little vegetation and at times no vegetation, sand dunes |
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Sub-Arctic |
Parts of middle and high latitude zones, huge coniferous forests, long cold winters; short, cool summers; gets low to moderate precipitation year round |
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Tundra |
Brief, chilly summers; long, very cold winters; vegetation (Such as lichen) exists because they can grow without pushing down deep roots, soil is permanently frozen just below the surface, little precipitation all year round |
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Ice Cap |
Very, very little precipitation all year round, very cold with permanent frost, snow, and ice, no vegetation |
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Savanna |
Rainy season during the summer, dry season as temperature cools, warm to hot all year round, usually located in the low latitudes, tall grasses exist in this climate during the west season |
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Humid Continental |
Cold to very cold winters, Warm to hot summers; four distinct seasons, located on large land masses, amount of precipitation varies, climate type for Northwest Iowa |
