1. WORLD CLIMATE REGIONS

2. Low Latitudes (tropical regions)
High latitudes (polar regions)
Mid Latitudes (temperate regions)
Low Latitudes (tropical regions)
Mid Latitudes (temperate regions)
High latitudes (polar regions)

3. Low Latitude Climate Regions

4. TROPICAL WET found in the rain forest daily rain always hot and humid little variation in temperature

5. TROPICAL WET AND DRY found in tropical regions seasonal rains cooler in dry season hotter in wet season

7. SEMIARID found in the interior of continents rains less than 16” per year summers hot winters mild to cold

9. Mid-latitude climate regions

10. MEDITERRANEAN found around the Mediterranean and in other areas summers dry and hot winters cool and rainy

12. MARINE WEST COAST found near the ocean in Europe and North America moderate temperatures rainy and foggy throughout the year

14. HUMID SUBTROPICAL found on the east coasts of continents summers hot and humid winters mild abundant rain

16. HUMID CONTINENTAL found in the interiors of continents mild to hot summers cold winters 20-40” of yearly rain

18. High Latitude
Climate Regions

19. SUBARCTIC found in the high latitudes summers are short and cool winters are long and very cold little precipitation

21. TUNDRA found in arctic regions or in high altitudes very cold summers and winters permafrost

23. ICE CAP found on the North and South Poles bitter cold all year very little precipitation

25. Other Climate Regions

26. HIGHLANDS found in high elevations rainfall depends upon direction of slope face temperature varies

28. DESERT found in the mid-latitudes and the tropics rains less than 10” per year temperatures can be hot or cold Antarctica is classified as a desert. Why?

30. THE FOUR VEGETATION REGIONS OR BIOMES

31. Rainforests Deciduous forests Coniferous forests Chaparral forests

32. WHAT TYPES OF FORESTS ARE THESE?

33. 2. GRASSLANDS TROPICAL GRASSLANDS also called savannas
TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
also called steppes

34. SAVANNAS
STEPPES

35. 3. DESERTS

36. 4. TUNDRA

37. Arctic tundra—found within the Arctic Circle where it is cold and dry
Alpine tundra—found anywhere at high altitude where it is cold and dry