Desert (Dry)

DESERT (Dry)

• DESERT (Dry)

• STEPPE

• MEDITERRANEAN

• Marine West Coast

• TROPICAL

• Tropical Wet
• Tropical Wet/Dry

• SAVANNA or CONTINENTAL

• Subtropical Humid

• HIGHLANDS

• ARCTIC

• Tundra
• Icecap

Hot

• 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

Areas surrounding deserts

• 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.

Grassy areas – Good deal of vegetation

• Grassy areas – Good deal of vegetation

• A lot of wildlife: Safari

• Seasonal

• Rainfall = 20 – 45 inches

• Temperature = 55 – 80

Mild year around

• Mild year around

• Cool mild summers

• Warm, mild, rainy winters

• Temp. = 50 - 75

• 20 – 40 inches of rain per year

Close to the Equator

• Close to the Equator

• Hot & Humid (– It’s like a hot tub)

• Rainfall = 65 – 85+

• (sometimes up to 120)

• Temperature = 70 – 90

• Tropical Rain Forests
• A lot of wildlife
• Coastal Areas

Mountainous area or area of High Elevation

• 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.

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

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

Storms:

• 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

Areas of the earth surrounding the equator.

• 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

Physical Features:

• Physical Features:

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

Seasonal winds.

• 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.