World Geography

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• World Geography
• Chapter 3 Section 3

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Climate Map
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• I. World Climate Regions
• A. Humid Tropical
• Location - Near equator
• Weather - Warm (90's) and rainy year round
  (Tropical Rain Forest)

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Tropical Wet - Rainforests
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• B. Tropical Savanna (wet and dry)
• Location - Tropical regions of continents.
• Weather - warm all year with rainy and dry
  seasons.

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Tropical Grasslands - Savanna
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• C. Desert
• Location - 30 degrees latitude.
• Weather - sunny and hot with little rainfall

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Deserts and Semiarid Areas
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• D. Steppe
• Location - bordering deserts
• Weather - hot summers, cold winters with limited
  rainfall.

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Temperate GrasslandsPrairies and Steppes
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• E. Mediterranean
• Location - Mediterranean Sea, California, and
  Southwest Australia
• Weather - dry and sunny warm summers, wet
  winters.

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Mediterranean Climate
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• F. Humid Subtropical
• Location - East Coasts of Continents
• Weather - Hot, humid summers. Mild humid winters.

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Humid Subtropical
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• G. Marine West Coast
• Location - West Coasts of Continents and near an
  ocean.
• Weather - cloudy mild (60-70) summers and cool
  rainy winters.

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Marine West Coast
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• H. Humid Continental
• Location - The interior or Northern continents.
• Weather - Four distinct seasons with long cold
  winters and short warm summers.

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Humid Continental
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• I. Subarctic
• Location - High northern latitudes.
• Weather - Long, cold, dark winters with short
  warm summers.

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Subarctic
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• J. Tundra
• Location - High northern latitudes (near arctic
  circle).
• - (also on mountains above treelines)
• Weather - cold all year with frozen ground. (no
  trees)

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Tundra
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Tundra
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• K. Ice Cap
• Location - Polar Regions.
• Weather - extreme cold with frozen sheets of ice.

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Icecap
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• L. Highland
• Location - mountains
• Weather - varied depending on elevation.

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Highland Climates