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CORAL SEA
Marine west coast
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10°
10°
120°
60° mP
Subarctic
Tundra
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40°
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Tropical monsoon
Humid continental
Steppe
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ATLANTIC
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Mediterranean Steppe
Arctic Circle
Ice cap
Marine west coast
Highland Mediterranean
Tundra
mP
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POLAR CLIMATES HIGHLAND CLIMATES
Tundra
Ice cap and ice sheet Highland temperature effects
SH
Desert Steppe
Steppe
Desert
Highland
Humid subtropical
Tropical savanna
mT
40°
30°
20°
10°
0° mE 170°
20°
30°
40° 180°
Mediterranean
ARCTIC OCEAN
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Tundra Subarctic
Polar front (variable)
mP
PACIFIC
OCEAN
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Tropical rain forest
Tropical savanna
Steppe
ARABIAN mT SEA
mT
Tropical monsoon
150°
Polar front (variable)
1000 2000
3000 KILOMETRES
MICROTHERMAL CLIMATES
Humid continental
Hot summers: moist all year
Asian winter-dry
Humid continental
Mild summers: moist all year
Asian winter-dry
Subarctic regions Cool summers
Subarctic regions Very cold winters
mT 30° 40°
Desert
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MODIFIED GOODE’S HOMOLOSINE EQUAL-AREA PROJECTION
DRY CLIMATES
Arid deserts
Tropical, subtropical hot Midlatitude cold
Semiarid steppes
Tropical, subtropical hot Midlatitude cold
INDIAN
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Desert SH 30°
Tropical monsoon
Steppe Desert
Highland
Humid continental
Tropical monsoon
BAY OF BENGAL
80° 90°
Tropic of Cancer
40°
110°
120° 130°
140° 150°
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