CLIMATE
CLIMATIC INFLUENCES MARITIME CONTINENTAL North Atlantic Drift Sea Baltic Sea Moscow 16/63 47 Gulf Stream London 38/62 24 Berlin 31/64 33 Warsaw 26/64 38 Bay of Biscay Black Sea Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea M e d I t e r r a n e a n S e a D. Hardin
Mean Annual Rainfall in Ireland CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Maritime influence Monthly hours of sunshine Approx. 15 days 16 days Northern Ireland England Double Farmville’s precip. Farmville’s precip. 42.9” Greater than 110” Mean Annual Rainfall in Ireland D. Hardin
Continental influence CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Continental influence “General Winter” Napoleon, 1812 Hitler, 1941 D. Hardin
H H H H H L L L L L L CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High 30° N 0° D. Hardin
CLIMATIC INFLUENCES Subtropical High MEDITERRANEAN MARITIME CONTINENTAL Black Sea Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea MEDITERRANEAN M e d I t e r r a n e a n S e a D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION Mediterranean Matorral - Spain Olives Cork Maquis – France - winter Maquis – France - summer Maquis French resistance Macchia - Italy D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Mediterranean Natural hazards Fire Degraded Greece Mediterranean Natural hazards Degraded landscapes Flooding Cervara di Roma D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Steppe Spain Moldova Ukraine Russia Kursk, 1943 Kazakhstan D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Prairie/Puszta D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Deciduous forest France Croatia Argonne Forest Loire Valley D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Alpine conifer forest Voges Schwartzwald Erzgebirge acid rain damage D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Boreal Forest/Taiga Norway Finland Russia D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Tundra Norway Russia D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Tundra Permafrost Jarkov mammoth Russia D. Hardin
NATURAL VEGETATION Heath/Moor Scotland England D. Hardin