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Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
RAINFOREST
- amazon basin, congo basin of equatorial africa
- East indie, from sumatra to new Guinea
- 18 degrees celciess.
- High surface heat and humidity.
SAVANNA
- India, Indochina, West Africa, southern Africa, South America
- and the north coast of Australia
- 16 degrees celciesss
- wet tropical air masses and dry tropical air masses.
Photo by listentoreason
DESERT
- southwestern United States and northern Mexico; Argentina; north Africa
- ; south Africa; central part of Australia.
- 16 degrees celciess
- Winds are light, which allows for the evaporation of moisture in the intense heat.
Photo by Retlaw Snellac Photography
STEPPE
- Western North America (Great Basin, Columbia Plateau, Great Plains);
- Eurasian interior, from steppes of eastern Europe to the Gobi Desert and North China.
- Moist ocean air masses
Photo by Ozgurmulazimoglu
CHAPARRAL
- central and southern California; coastal zones bordering the Mediterranean Sea;
- coastal Western Australia and South Australia; Chilean coast; Cape Town region of South Africa.
- 7 degrees celciess
- extreme difference in rainfall
Photo by dogtooth77
grassland
- western North America (Great Basin, Columbia Plateau, Great Plains); Eurasian interior.
- 31 degrees celciess
- small amount of rain falls during this season.
Photo by VinothChandar
DECIDUOUS FOREST
- eastern parts of the United States and southern Canada; northern China;
- Korea; Japan; central and eastern Europe.
- 31 degrees Celsius
- invading tropical air masses.
Photo by .:Adry:.
TAIGA
- central and western Alaska; Canada, from the Yukon Territory to Labrador; Eurasia,
- from northern Europe across all of Siberia to the Pacific Ocean.
- 41 digress celciess
- This climate is found in the polar air mass region.
Photo by bill barber
TUNDRA
- arctic zone of North America; Hudson Bay region; Greenland coast; northern Siberia bordering the Arctic Ocean.
- - 22 degreas celciess
- Polar and arctic air masses dominate the tundra climate.
Photo by andyputnam
ALPINE
- the Alps in Europe, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, the Himalayans in Tibet, Mt. Fuji in Japan.
- becoming colder the higher the altitude gets.
Photo by `James Wheeler
