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Station: Trondheim, Norway Lat/long: 63° 25´ N 10° 27´ E Avg. ann. temp.: 5°C
Total ann. precip.: 857 mm
Elevation:115 m Population: 139 000 Ann. temp. range:
17 C°
Station: Verkhoyansk, Russia Lat/long: 67° 33´ N 133° 24´ E Avg. ann. temp.: –15°C
Total ann. precip.: 155 mm
Elevation: 107 m Population: 1400 Ann. temp. range:
63 C°
▲Figure 5.11 Cities in maritime and continental locations—Eurasia. Compare temperatures in coastal Trondheim, norway, and continental Verkhoyansk, in Siberian russia. note that the freezing levels on the two graphs are positioned differently to accommodate the contrasting data. [Coastal norway by Bobbé Christopherson; Verkhoyansk photo by Dean Conger/encyclopedia/Corbis.]
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