CLIMATE ZONES

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1.Desert 2. Steppe 3.Savanna/Continental
4. Mediterranean 5. Tropical 6. Highland
Climate
Climate
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I. CLIMATE ZONES

• Climate an areas normal weather pattern over
  long periods of time.

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A. Tropical B. Desert B. Steppe C.
Mediterranean
C. Savanna / Continental D. Continental D.
Highland E. Arctic
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THE 7 CLIMATE ZONES

• DESERT (Dry)
• STEPPE
• MEDITERRANEAN
• Marine West Coast
• TROPICAL
• Tropical Wet
• Tropical Wet/Dry
• SAVANNA or CONTINENTAL
• Subtropical Humid
• HIGHLANDS
• ARCTIC
• Tundra
• Icecap

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Tropical Steppe Desert Mediterranean Savanna Hig
hlands
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Tropical Steppe Desert Mediterranean Savanna
Continental Arctic Highlands
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1.DESERT

• Hot
• Dry
• Little to no vegetation
• 0 10 inches of rain per year
• Temperatures swing widely between daylite and
  nite-time
• Summer days 100
• Winter Nites -0

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2. STEPPE

• Areas surrounding deserts
• Can be somewhat grassy, but not many trees
• Fairly hot and dry
• Always a step more or less than desert conditions
• Rainfall 10 25ish
• Temperature 60 80 F.

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3. SAVANNA / CONTINENTAL

• Grassy areas Good deal of vegetation
• A lot of wildlife Safari
• Seasonal
• Rainfall 20 45 inches
• Temperature 55 80

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4. MEDITERRANEAN

• Mild year around
• Cool mild summers
• Warm, mild, rainy winters
• Temp. 50 - 75
• 20 40 inches of rain per year

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5. TROPICAL

• Close to the Equator
• Hot Humid ( Its like a hot tub)
• Rainfall 65 85
• (sometimes up to 120)
• Temperature 70 90
• Tropical Rain Forests
• A lot of wildlife
• Coastal Areas

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6. HIGHLAND

• Mountainous area or area of High Elevation
• Ave. annual precipitation 40 60 inches
• Ave. annual temperature 60-ish
• It gets colder as you go higher
• Timberline the elevation above which no trees
  can grow.

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Essay

• Describe how living in a particular climate zone
  would affect 3 different cultural traits.

1. Write in essay style.
2. Define/describe the climate zone
3. Explain how why things would be different, not
   just that they would be different.

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Effects on CLIMATE

• Wind Water
• Monsoons
• Rain-shadows
• Water Cycle

• Location
• Latitude
• Altitude
• Topography

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2. Location Coastal Areas

• Storms
• Hurricanes Violent tropical storm systems form
  over the warm Atlantic Ocean
• Typhoons same -but form in the Pacific Oceana
• Weather
• changes in an areas air during short periods of
  time

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1. Location Latitude

• Areas of the earth surrounding the equator.
• Ranging 30o North or South
• This area is always close to the sun (tropics)
• Axis an imaginary line through the earth around
  which it spins and tilts toward or away from the
  sun

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3. Location Physical features

• Physical Features
• Mountains can block the air from moving inland
• Mountain Range
• Wind

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4. Currents moving streams of ocean water
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5. Monsoons

• Seasonal winds.
• Winter Monsoons A wind from the Northeast or
  North that brings cool drying winds over Asia in
  the Winter.
• Summer Monsoons A wind from the southwest or
  south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia
  in the summer.

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III. Water Cycle
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III. Water Cycle