Climate regions 2 Period

Tropical Wet  Always hot with an average temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit.  Average amount of rain in a year is over 80 inches.  This climate region is found in the jungle areas of Central and South America, Africa and South Asia.  Rains almost daily with high humidity.

Tropical Wet and Dry  Largest areas found in Brazil, Africa and India.  Different grasses, shrubs and Trees  Elephants, Giraffes and zebras are types of animals found here.  Average temp is 77 degrees during wet season.  Average temp is 68 degrees during dry season.

Semiarid  Receives precipitation that is below potential. Water evaporation is below average.  When located in tropical areas summers are HOT!  Winters are fairly cold.  These regions are found on interior continents or near deserts.  Contains most productive agricultural land in the world.

Desert  Cover 1/5 of the earth's surface.  Lack of vegetation exposes the surface.  Deserts are not scattered around the earth.  The major deserts occur in the middle belt ring. (along the equator)  Not all deserts are hot. Some are drylands.

Mediterranean  5 large subtropical zones  The Azores high  South Atlantic high  North Pacific high  South Pacific high  Indian Ocean high  Located between 32 degree N latitude and 41 degrees south latitude  High pressure cells pull in during the summer and pull towards equator in the winter

Marine West Coast  Warm summers and cool winters with small average change in temperature.  Vegetation is temperate evergreen forest.  Its very, very rainy  Located in between 35 degrees and 60 degrees north and south latitudes.

Humid Subtropical  Hot humid summers and mild to cool winters  Broad range of attributes  8 or months of 10 degrees Celsius or higher  Vegetation and Wildlife  Panthers, alligators, hawks and falcons  Mangos, papaya, pineapple and live oak  Palm trees and pine trees  Average temp is between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Coldest months are 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit.  Asia, Caspian Sea, and Black Sea are humid subtropical.  Receive 48 inches of rain each year.  Only summer and Winter occur

Humid Continental  Has a variety of different weather year round  North United States and Asia  Chill air mass frequently collide with tropical air. (causes storms)  Experiences all four seasons that are determined by the areas latitude.  Warm in the summer to severely cold in the winter.

Subarctic  Summers are short and cold.  Winter are always very cold.  Evergreen forest known as taiga covers the land.  Freezing to below freezing temperatures last for 5 to 8 months.

Tundra  Vast and flat treeless artic region.  Coldest of all biomes  Comes from the Finnish word, tunturia, meaning treeless.  Extremely cold temperatures little precipitation, very little vegetation.  Mostly found in the northern hemisphere.  Average winter temp -30 in the winter degrees in the summer.

Ice Cap  Extensive sheets of ice smaller than 50,000 kilometers squared.  Form primarily in polar and sub polar regions in elevated areas that are flat.  Large expanse of snow and ice that feeds glaciers.  Can form on any planet or satellite that is covered in ice.

Highlands  The mountainous or hilly section of a country.  Highland area in Central and South America.  Tree line occur halfway up the mountains.  Due to soil changes  Averages temperature is 3.2 degrees Celsius.