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Chapter 10 Global Climate Systems 301
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Station: Semey (Semipalatinsk), Kazakhstan
Lat/long: 50° 21′ N 80° 15′ E Avg. Ann. Temp.: 3°C
Total Ann. Precip.: 26.4 cm
Elevation: 206 m Population: 270 500
Ann. Temp. Range: 39 C°
(a) Climograph for Semey (Semipalatinsk), Kazakhstan. 0°
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Station: Lethbridge, Alberta Lat/long: 49° 42′ N 110° 50′ W Avg. Ann. Temp.: 2.9°C
Total Ann. Precip.: 25.8 cm
Elevation: 910 m Population: 73 000
Ann. Temp. Range: 24.3 C°
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(c) Climograph for Lethbridge, Alberta.
(d) Grain elevators highlight an Alberta, Canada, landscape.
▲Figure 10.24 Midlatitude cold steppe climates, Kazakhstan and Canada. [(b) erIC laFFOrGUe/alamy. (d) Design Pics rF/Getty Images.]
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