Climates of the World

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?.