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Climate Regions

Allison McComas Jessica Baloun Megan Bruns Seth Furia Austin Love Aleesa Kebberly Grace Gilhousen. Climate Regions. S e c t i o n 2. Dry Climates.

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Climate Regions

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  1. Allison McComas Jessica Baloun Megan Bruns Seth Furia Austin Love AleesaKebberly Grace Gilhousen Climate Regions Section2

  2. Dry Climates A climate is “dry” if the amount of precipitation that falls is less the amount of water that could evaporate. These areas are inland, away from humid air masses. • Arid • -some deserts are hot and sandy but others are cold and rocky. • -on average, arid regions get less than 25cm of rain each year. • -only plants like cactus and yucca can survive. • -arid climates are found in California, the great basin, and the southwest of the U.S. Semiarid • Semi arid regions are found at the edges of deserts. • Steppe- dry but gets rain(prairie) • The Great Plains is a great example; it has crops and livestock

  3. Temperate Marine Climate This is the third main climate in the world. There are two main types. They are humid with mild summers. • West Coast Marine • The coolest temps are on the west coast of continents north of 40degrees north latitude and south of 40degrees latitude. • Northern CA, to southern Alaska. • Humid air with large amounts of precipitation. • The main industry is lumbering. • Mediterranean • A coastal climate that is drier and warmer than the west coast. • Winter is cool and rainy, summer is warm with little rain. • Vegetation-shrubs , trees, chaparral, grasses olives , grapes ,rice, oranges veggies, fruit ,nuts

  4. Humid Subtropical • Wet and warm ,not as hot as the tropics. • Southeastern U.S has a humid subtropical region. • The summers are hot ,with much more rain fall than in summer. • Maritime tropical air masses bring tropical weather conditions to the subtropical region. • The winters are cold bringing more rain than snow. • Many crops are grown in the winter.

  5. Temperate Continental Climate • These are found on continents in the northern hemisphere. • They aren’t influenced by oceans much. • They have extremes of temperature.

  6. Humid Continental Climates • Shifting tropical and polar air masses bring constantly changing weather to humid continental climates. • They have a moderate amount of rain fall in the summer. • Small amounts of rain or snow fall in the winter. • There are mixed forests in the south and coniferous in the north. • Farmers in the Midwest grow wheat, corn, other grains, and soy beans.

  7. Polar Climates • Coldest climate region • Ice capes and tundra climates are far north and south, near the poles.

  8. Ice Caps • Found mainly in Greenland and Antarctica . • The average temperature are below zero. • The land here is covered in ice and snow. • The intense cold makes the air dry. • Low lying plants like lichens that grow on rocks can live here.

  9. Tundra • They stretch across Alaska, Canada, and Russia. • They have short cool summers and bitterly cold winters. • Many layers of the soil are frozen all year round this is called permafrost. • There are no trees it is too cold. • Because of this permafrost water cannot drain , causing soggy soil in the summer. • There are plants like shrubs and moss.

  10. Highlands • They’re cooler then the regions that surround them. • There are many slopes. • The temperatures get colder as you climb higher. • Many low plants live along the moose and porcupines.

  11. Thank You!!!

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