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Climate Zone's
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Geography
9th Grade
01/09/2009

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Humid Continental
Definition
variety in temperature and precipitation; four season; changing weather conditions
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Desert
Definition
less than ten inches of rain per year; temperature drops at night
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Tropical Wet
Definition
always hot; little variation in temperature; daily rain
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Mediterranean
Definition
dry, hot summers; cool, rainy winters; no freezing temperatures
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Marine West Coast
Definition
cloudy, foggy, and damp; rainfall evenly distributed throughout the year
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Subarctic
Definition
huge temperature changes from summer to winter; short, cool summers; long, very cold winters
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Highland
Definition
variable climate, depending on altitude, latitude, topography, and continental location
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Humid Subtropical
Definition
long periods of summer head and humidity; mild to cool winters
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Tundra
Definition
very little precipitation; subsoil always frozen; very short, cool summers
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Semiarid
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hot summers; mild to cold winters; not much rainfall
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Tropical Wet and Dry
Definition
rainy season; cool, wet summers; drier warm winters
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