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280 part II The Water, Weather, and Climate Systems
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Animation
Global Climate Maps, World Map References
Mediterranean
SH mT
Desert
mT SH
Tropical rain forest
Tropical savanna
40°
30°
20°
10°
60°
50°
40°
30°
20°
10°
60°
Icelandic Low
mP
Aleutian low
50°
70°
80°
ARCTIC OCEAN
Subarctic
Marine west coast
cA
Tundra
Ice sheet
70°
ATLANTIC
Polar front (variable)
Steppe
cT
mE
110° 100° 90°
10° 10°
Atlantic
OCEAN
Tropic of Cancer
Tropical monsoon
cP Subarctic Humid
continental
Humid subtropical
mT
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OCEAN CURRENTS (Fig. 6.18)
Warm current Cool current
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE
Figs. 6.10, GIA 6
ITCZ July ITCZ January
20°
Steppe
AIR PRESSURE SYSTEMS (Fig. 6.10) SH Subtropical high
AIR MASSES (Fig. 8.1)
TROPICAL CLIMATES
Tropical rain forest Rainy all year Tropical monsoon
6 to 12 months rainy
Tropical savanna
Less than 6 months rainy
MESOTHERMAL CLIMATES
Humid subtropical
Moist all year, hot summer
Humid subtropical
Winter-dry, hot to warm summers
Marine west coast
Moist all year, warm to cool summers
Mediterranean
Summer-dry, hot to warm summers
mP Maritime polar (cool, humid)
cP Continental polar (cool, cold, dry)
mT Maritime tropical (warm, humid)
cA Continental arctic (very cold, dry)
cT Continental tropical (hot, dry summer only) mE Maritime equatorial (warm, wet)
Tropical
Pacific
PACIFIC
Tropical rain forest
0° 140°
10°
20°
30°
40°
50°
130°
120° Equator
40° 0°
OCEAN
40°
50°
subtropical
40° Mediterranean 40°
▲Figure 10.2 World climate classification. annotated on this map are selected air masses, nearshore ocean currents, pressure systems, and the January and July locations of the ITCZ. Use the colours in the legend to locate various climate types; some labels of the climate names appear in italics on the map to guide you.
Desert
Tropic of CapricornDesert
20° 20° SH
mT 30° 30° mT Humid mT 30°
50°
Marine 50° west coast
mP