1. Tropical Climates Tropical Savanna Tropical Rainforest

2. Tropical Savanna Hot all year round, a few months are very dry

3. Tropical Rain Forest Description – Hot and rainy all year round, lush vegetation

4. Mild Climates Humid Subtropical Mediterranean Marine West Coast Climate

5. Humid Subtropical Description - Mid-latitude regions; hot humid summers with heavy rain; short and mild winter

6. Mediterranean Description - Mild rainy winters and hot dry summers

7. Marine West Coast Description – Winds from the ocean make it mild; rainy winters and cool summers

8. Continental Climates Humid Continental Subarctic

9. Humid Continental 4 seasons; winters can be long, cold and snowy but there are short hot summers

10. Subarctic Climate Close to the polar regions; cold bitter winters but temperatures go above freezing in summer

11. Polar Climates Tundra Ice Cap

12. Tundra Arctic region; “vast treeless plain” cold, harsh and dry; permafrost

13. Ice Cap Bitterly cold with giant ice sheets; monthly averages do not go above freezing

14. Dry Climates Steppe Desert

15. Steppe surrounds many deserts with partly dry grasslands and prairies; 10-20 inches of annual rainfall

16. Desert Dry all year; gets less than 10 inches of annual rainfall

17. Highland Climates Highland/Mountain

18. Highland or Mountain Local climates vary greatly because of differences in elevation; cool to cold climates year round; tall mountains will have a timberline.