Section 2- Climate and Vegetation

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Section 2- Climate and Vegetation
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Climate Regions

• Tropical Wet
• Humid continental
• Semiarid
• Arid
• Humid subtropical
• Highland
• Subarctic

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Monsoons

• Winds that change direction with the change of
  season

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Typhoons

• Violent storms that develop over the Pacific Ocean

Typhoon over Taiwan
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Influences of Climate

• Affects vegetation
• Bamboo grows quickly during wet season, but can
  also survive dry spells
• Deciduous trees change with the seasons

Bamboo
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Bamboo used as scaffolding
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Harvesting bamboo
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Uses for bamboo