The document describes the major climate zones of the world and provides details on climates in specific regions. It discusses three main climate zones: the warm zone located around the equator which includes tropical climates; the temperate zones located between the tropics and polar circles with climates like oceanic, Mediterranean, and continental; and the cold zones located at the poles with polar climates. It also provides examples of climates in Spain and the Canary Islands. Climate is determined by factors like rainfall, temperature, landscape. Different symbols on weather maps indicate conditions like sunny, cloudy, rainy, or stormy.

1. CLIMATES OF THE
WORLD

2. CLIMATIC AREAS IN THE EARTH
●CLIMATIC
AREAS IN THE
EARTH. There
are three
important
climates areas
in the world.

3. ●a). THE WARM ZONE is located between
the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of
Capricorn, including the Equator zone.
●b). Two TEMPLATE ZONES located
between the tropics and the polar circles.
●c). Two COLD AREAS located in the two
poles.

4. . CLIMATE OF THE WARM ZONE OF
THE EARTH.THE HOT ZONE. Average temperature over
20º grades all the year.

5. EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
●. Features:
●It rains a lot and it is
always hot. It rains over
2000 litres and has an
average temperature
over 20º grades.
●Landscape: jungle and
tropical rainforest. A lot
of species of animals and
plants.

6. Animales: loro, tucán, mono,
serpiente, leopardo.
In this climate rains a lot
and regularly along the
year, over 2000 litres.
Temperature more than
25º C.

7. ●TROPICAL CLIMATE
●Features:
●Too hot and there are two
seasons: rainy season
and dry season. Dry
season could be from
three months to nine
months depending on the
area.
●Landscape: savanna.
(animals such as lions,
giraffes, ostriches,
zebras).

8. Temperatures are warm. Precipitation
more than 1000 litres. There are two
seasons: rainy and dry. If rainy season is
about 9 months the climate is Tropical
Humid; if dry season is more than 6 months
the climate is Tropical Dry.
Animales como: cebra, jirafa,
avestruz, león, gacela,
antílope.

9. DESERTIC CLIMATE
●Features:
●Too hot and a little
rain, less than 200
litres every year..
●High temperatures
during the day and
low temperatures
during the night.

10. Types of desert.
Stone desert.
Sand desert.

11. ●There are two types
of desert:
oStone deserts near the
mountains.
oAnd the typical deserts
of sand.
Animales como: escorpión,
zorro del desierto,
serpientes, perros de la
pradera,

12. CLIMATES OF THE TEMPERATE
AREA OF THE EARTH.

13. OCEANIC CLIMATE.
●Features:
●It rains a lot and regularly
during the whole year.
●Temperatures are very
mild during all the
seasons.
●Landscape: forest of oaks,
beech trees chestnuts, …

14. Rainfaill about 1000 litres and
rains regularly along the year.
Temperatures: winters are
mild with no months below
zero and summers are mild. .
Animales como: ardillas, lobos,
buhos, ciervos,

15. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
●Features:
●It rains mostly in Autumn,
Winter and Spring. During the
summer it does't usually rain:
drought.
●Temperatures are soft during
autumn, winter and spring and
very hot during the summer.
●Landscape: mediterranean
forest (holm oak, pines,
aromatic plants as thyme,
rosemary, …).

16. Rainfall about 500 litres. Drought
during summertime. Summers are hot.
Animales como: jabalí, ciervo, zorro,
lobos, osos, lince.

17. CONTINENTAL CLIMATE
●Features:
●Winters are very cold with
temperatures under zero
degrees and summers are hot.
●In winter it usually snows and
rains during the summer.
●Landscape: the meadow.

18. Lluvias alrededor de 500 litros
y temperatura media anual
entre 5 y 10 grados.
Animales como: zorros, lobos,

19. CLIMATES OF THE COLDEST
ZONES OF THE EARTH
●Most of the months
temperatures are below
zero degrees. It is too
cold and the land is
usually frozen.
●It rains only a little and
it usually snows.

20. It rains less than 200 litres a year.
Most of the year temperatures are
below zero. If 12 months are
below zero the climate is Polar, if
there are j2-3 months above zero
the climate is Polar Tundra.
Animales como: zorros, lobos, osos,
renos, liebres árticas, buhos árticos.

21. LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE OF THE TEMPLATE
ZONE OF THE EARTH: THE IBERIAN PENINSULA.
●The climate is the result of a few elements as:
oRain: in Spain it rains more in the north than in the south.
oTemperatures: temperatures are higher in the south than
in the north.
●In Spain there are several types of weather:

22. THE OCEANIC CLIMATE.
●Area: north and north-west of
the Iberian Peninsula.
●It rains a lot during all seasons.
●Temperatures are mild.
●Landscape: oak forest, beech
trees, meadows,etc.

23. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE.
●Area: south and east of the
Iberian Peninsula and the
Balearic Islands.
●Summers are hot and during the
winter temperatures are very
soft.
●Little rain. It usually rains
during autumn and spring.
●Landscape: forest of holm oak,
cork oak, pines and bushes.

24. CONTINENTAL-MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE.
●Area: the centre of the Iberian
Peninsula.
●Temperatures are colder than in
Typical Mediterranean Climate
in winter and very hot in
summer.
●Little rain, about 300-500 litres.
●Landscape: meadows and and
holm oak.

25. CLIMATE OF THE CANARY
ISLANDS.
●Area; Canary islands..
●Temperatures are very soft all
the year.
●Little rain.
●Landscape: palm trees, canary
pines, the drago and several
types of bushes.

26. HIGH MOUNTAIN CLIMATE.
●The highest mountains of the
Iberian peninsula: Pyrenees,
Betic Mountains, Iberian
System, Central System, etc.
●Temperatures are very low all
the year.
●It rains a lot..

27. WEATHER MAPS. The weather map with its
symbols.

28. ●A sun: it means no clouds in the sky, a sunny day.
●A sun hidden by a cloud: it means clouds in the sky, a
cloudy day .
●A black cloud and a lightning: it means a storm.
●Black clouds with rain: it means rain.
●A sun hidden by a black cloud: it means part of the day will
be rainy and part of the day will be cloudy.

29. Activity.
●How is the day in
Galicia?.
●How is the day in
Madrid?.
●How is the day in
Extremadura?.
●How is the day in
Tenerife?.