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CLIMA

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ANALYSE AND ORGANISE
TEMPERAT HUMIDIT
URE Y
The amount of The
heat in the air. amount of
Unit : degrees water
Celsius(C) or vapour in
degrees the air.
Fahrenheit(F). Unit :
Instrument: percentage
thermometer (%)
Instrument:
hygrometer
PRECIPITATI WIND
The
ON
Water that falls movement of
from clouds air in the
Unit: atmosphere
Unit:
millimetres(mm
) kilometres per
Instrument: rain hour(km/h)
Instrument:
gauge
anemometer
Atmospheric
pressure
The weight of the air
in the atmosphere
Unit:
hectopascals(hPa)
Instrument:
barometer
WHAT AFFECTS CLIMATE?
Weather and climate refers to two different things.

Weather refers to Climate


refers to
know and here. a place
over a long period.
FACTORS OF CLIMATE
Climate have some factors. There are those:

LATITUDE

LANDFORM or RELIEF

ALTITUDE

DISTANCE FROM THE SEA


LATITUDE AND LANDFORM
LATITUDE LANDFOR
Latitude is the
measurement of the
M
distance of a place
from the Equator. Landform is the
shape of the
land.
ALTITUD AND
DISTANCE FROM
ALTITUDE THE SEA
DISTANCE FROM
Altitude is the
height above the
THE SEA
The distance from the sea has an
sea level of an
area. effect on the sorrounding land
CLIMATE ZONES
We can divide the Earth into three
basic zones :
hot,
temperature
cold.
TEMPERATUR PRECIPITATIO
WHERE ES NS
HOT ZONE EQUATORIAL In regions near the
Equator
Hot and humidity High precipitation
all year
CLIMATE
TROPICAL In some region One short wet A lot of
CLIMATE season precipitation in a
One large dry short season
season
OCEANIC In coastal areas Mild winters Precipitation all
CLIMATE Cool summers year
TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL In inland areas Cold winters Less precipitation
ZONE CLIMATE Hot summers

MEDITERRANEAN Regions near thhe Winters are mild There is a lot of


CLIMATE Mediterranean Sea Summers are dry, precipitation
hot
COLD ZONE POLAR In the north and in Always cold It isnt
CLIMATE the south precipitation
ALPINE In high mountains Cold and windy High precipitation
DESERT CLIMATE
CLIMATE In any regions extreame Little precipitation
WEHERE TEMPERATUR PRECIPITATIO FLORA FAUNA
ES N
OCEANIC In the north of Cold winters High Decidious Brown bears
Spain Mild summers forests Salmon deer
Oak tree Wolves wild
ferns boars
Meadows
mosses
MEDITERRANE Regions near Mild summers Low Pine Iberian Lynx
AN the Hot summers Oak tree Rabbits
Mediterranean Heather Flamingo
Sea
CONTINENTAL In inland Cold winters Low sometimes Coniferious Deer foxes
Hot summers summers Decidious trees Hares
storms Thyme squirrel
Wild boars
trout
SUBTROPICAL In the Canarian Mild all yearr Low Palm tree Giant lizards
islands cacti Turtles
Dragon tree
Tabaiba pine
ALPINE In high Cold winters High usually in Oak tres Chamois
mountains Cool summers the form of Beaches Vultures
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