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World Climate Zones
A Tropical Climates
• Tropical Savanna
• Tropical Monsoon
• Tropical Rain Forest
Af
Aw Am
– grasslands
– forests
– Seasonal
precipitation
– Located
between
Doldrums and
Horse Latitudes
– Hot and Humid
– Largest precipitation
– Located near
Doldrums
B
• Desert
BW
– Dry and Hot
– Located around Horse
latitudes
– Little to no vegetation
A Tropical Climates
Dry Climates
B
Dry Climates
• Steppe
BS
– Grasslands
– Some seasonal
precipitation
– Similar to savanna with
cold/cool winters
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C
Mid Latitude Sub-Tropical
• Mediterranean
C
Mid Latitude Sub-Tropical
• Humid Sub-Tropical
Cfa
Cs
– Dry summer
– Wet winter
– California and
Mediterranean
C
Mid Latitude Sub-Tropical
Marine West Coast
Cfb
– Rainforest with BIG
trees
– Coastal Northern CA,
OR and WA
– Warm, lots of
precipitation
• South East US and
lower Mississippi
valley
D Mid Latitude Continental
• Humid Continental
Dfa Dfb
– Humid climate cold
winter
– Northeast and
Midwestern states
D Mid Latitude Continental
• Sub Polar
Dfc
– Large coniferous
forests
– Canada, Alaska and
Siberia
– Largest temperature
variation
E Polar
• Polar Tundra
ET
– Cold winters
– Low vegetation
– Alaska and N. Canada
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E Polar
• Polar Desert
EF
– Dry / Cold
– Polar high
– Little or no vegetation
From Wikipedia
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