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12N-12S abundant rain, no dry season |
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10-30 N/S well-defined wet and dry seasons |
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15-35 N/S no real wet season, erratic precipitation short winter |
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33-45 N/S dry summers, winter rainfall west side of continents |
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27-37 N/S abundant precipitation, no extended dry season |
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| 5e. East-Coast Type (Warm Temperate) |
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27-37 N/S hot summers, max summer precipitation |
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| 5m. West-Coast type: "Marine W-Coast" |
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40-60 N/S cool summers high precipitation totals, winter precip. max |
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32-58 N/S four seasons of equal length precipitation= summer max and autumn min no dry season |
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30-56 N/S hot summers and cold winters (four seasons) less precipitation, drought in late summer/winter |
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7a. Temperate Arid sub-type |
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30-56 N/S very little precipitation, erratic precipitation hot summers, cold winters |
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45-70 N/S short summers, very cold long winters mean temp. 10 C |
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60-90 N/S short, cool summers long, cold winters mean temp. does not reach 10 C low precipitation |
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