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13 Cards in this Set
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Tropical Wet Climates
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*Warm & Wet all year
*Rainforest Climate *Convergence of trade winds--doldrums *Found in Amazon, Congo basin, Indonesia |
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Tropical wet & dry Climate
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*Savanna Climate
*warm-dry winters, warm wet summers *Summer-ITC-Convergence of trade winds *winter-subtropical high pressure cells *Africa-surrounding the Congo Basin *South America- Surrounding the Amazon Basin & Parts of Indonesia |
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Monsoon
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*Extremely wet summer-jet stream helps pull moisture to land
*South & SE Asia *Teak Forests |
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Arid Climate-Desert Climate
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*Subtropical High on west of Continent-Sahara,Sonoran,Kalihari,Atacama,&Western Australia
*Extends inland and poleward-Far from source of water *Deserts of Central Asia *Barren ground with Scattered Plants |
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Steppe (Semiarid) Climate
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* Short Grasslands
*Found on margins of Deserts |
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West Coast Marine Climate
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*Mild, wet climate
*Caused by mid--latitude cyclonic storm systems *NW Europe, N. coast of US and West Canada *Forests |
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Mediterranean Climate
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*Warm Dry Summers - Subtropical high
*cool wet winters-midlatitude cyclonic storm systems *Chaparral Vegetation |
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Humid Subtropical
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*Hot west summers, cool wet winters
*east of continents on west stable side of subtropical high *Summer-Convectional PPT *Winter - frontal (Forests) *SE US, SE China |
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Humid Continental
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*Warm, wet summers, cold wet winters
*Mostly frontal PPT. *NE US - Forests |
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Subarctic or Boreal Climate
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*Very cold winters and mild summer
*Summer PPT-midlatitude cyclonic storm systems *Alaska, N. Canada & Soviet Union |
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Tundra
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*Frozen all year except summer
*Fringes of arctic ocean |
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Ice Cap
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*Frozen all year
*GreenLand, Antarctica |
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Highland Climates
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*Hard to generalize
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