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Chapter 18.2: Climate regions page 624

Chapter 18.2: Climate regions page 624. Key Concepts: What factors are used to classify climates? What are the six main climate regions? Key terms: Rain forest, savanna, desert, steppe, humid subtropical, subarctic, tundra, permafrost. Climates.

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Chapter 18.2: Climate regions page 624

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  1. Chapter 18.2: Climate regions page 624 • Key Concepts: What factors are used to classify climates? What are the six main climate regions? • Key terms: Rain forest, savanna, desert, steppe, humid subtropical, subarctic, tundra, permafrost

  2. Climates • Scientists classify climates according to two major factors: Temperature and precipitation • They use a system developed around 1900 by WladimirKoppen – it also looks at vegetation • Six main climate regions: tropical rainy, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, polar, and highlands

  3. Tropical rainy climates • The tropics have two types of rainy climates: Tropical wet and tropical wet and dry. • Tropical wet – rainy, rainforest areas • Rainforest – forests with a lot of rain. Really. • Tropical wet and dry – receive slightly less rain than tropical climates and have distinct dry and rainy seasons • Savannas – tropical grasslands

  4. Dry climates • A climate is “dry” if the amount of precipitation that falls is less than the amount of water that could potentially evaporate. • Dry climates include arid and semiarid climates. • Arid – deserts – less than 25 cm of rain per year • Semiarid – located on the edges of deserts. A steppe is dry but gets enough rainfall for short grasses and small bushes

  5. Temperate marine climates • There are three kinds of temperate marine climates – marine west coast, humid subtropical, and Mediterranean

  6. Marine west coast • Coolest temperate marine climates are found on the west coasts of continents north of 40 degrees North latitude and south of 40 degrees south latitude. • Heavy precipitation and forest growth

  7. Mediterranean • A coastal climate that is drier and warmer than west coast marine. • Two main vegetation types: one with dense shrubs and small trees, called chaparral. The other includes grasses with a few large trees.

  8. Humid subtropical • Climates are wet and warm, but not as constantly hot as the tropics.

  9. Temperate continental climates • Temperate continental climates are found only on continents in the Northern Hemisphere, and include humid continental and subarctic. • Humid continental – receive moderate amounts of rain • Subarctic – short summers and long cold winters.

  10. Polar climates • The polar climate is the coldest climate region and includes the ice cap and tundra climates • Ice cap – found mainly in Greenland and Antarctica. Very cold. • Tundra – across Alaska and parts of Canada. Permanently frozen layers of ground called permafrost. Too cold for trees to grow.

  11. Highlands • Temperature falls as altitude increases, so highland regions are colder than the regions that surround them. • Increasing altitude produces climate changes similar to increasing latitude.

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