1. Climates
HOT CLIMATES
TEMPERATE
CLIMATES
COLD
CLIMATES
ECUATORIAL
TROPICAL
LOCATION:
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
Near the Equator
The are always hot . Average
temperature is 27ºC
They are abundant and regular
Rainforest. It is formed for big
evergreen trees
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
Between the tropics and the Equator
They are always high. There is a little
seasonal variation
They are variable and there is a dry season and an
rainy season
Savannah.It is a grassland ecosystem with
dispersed trees.
HOT DESERT
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
Close to the tropics
Average temperature is high during the year. There is
a large variation between the day and the night
They are very little, less than 250mm per year.
There are adapted vegetation to the
dryness
MEDITERRANEAN
OCEANIC
CONTINENTAL
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
It is found around the Mediterranean sea and other zones in
western coastal areas of the world.
It has mild winters ( between 5 and 10 ºC) and hot
summers 8 more than 23 ºC)
Precipitations are little ( never more than 800 mm) and
they mainly in autumn and spring .
Mediterranean forest formed and scrubland
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
It is mainly found on the west coast of temperate zones
Its temperatures are quite mild, since its average is between
10 and 15 ºC .
It has regular and abundant precipitations, more usual in winter. They are more
than
1000 mm/year.
The main
landscape is called deciduous forest or oceanic forest
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
This climate is usually inland
Temperatures vary a lot between very hot summers and very cold
winters.
Precipitations are irregular and they are mostly in summer.
Coniferous forests , or taiga, is formed of evergreen trees as
pines and fir and prairies and steppes formed of grass.
POLAR CLIMATE
PERPETUAL ICE
TUNDRA
ALPINE OR HIGH
MOUNTAIN
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
It is above the polar circles
Average temperature is around 0oC and winters are long and hard
with temperatures between -10 ºC y -50ºC
There are few precipitations (less than 300 mm per year) and they falls
as snow.
There is no vegetation due to the subsoil is always frozen .
It is in areas near temperate zones.
It has a hard winter ( under 0ºC ) and a short summer ( at least three
months above 0ºC
They are very little
Tundra : ice is melted and a little vegetation grows as grass and shrubs.
LOCATION
TEMPERATURES
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
It is situated along the world
Low temperatures in winter and cool in summer.
Abundant precipitations ( as snow in winter)
Vary with altitude
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