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Tropical Climates
Tropical SavannaTropical Rainforest
Tropical Savanna
Hot all year round, a few months are very dry
Tropical Rain Forest
Description – Hot and rainy all year round, lush vegetation
Mild Climates
Humid SubtropicalMediterranean
Marine West Coast Climate
Humid Subtropical
Description - Mid-latitude regions; hot humid summers with heavy rain; short and mild winter
Mediterranean
Description - Mild rainy winters and hot dry summers
Marine West Coast
Description – Winds from the ocean make it mild; rainy winters and cool summers
Continental Climates
Humid ContinentalSubarctic
Humid Continental
4 seasons; winters can be long, cold and snowy but there are short hot summers
Subarctic Climate
Close to the polar regions; cold bitter winters but temperatures go above freezing in summer
Polar Climates
TundraIce Cap
Tundra
Arctic region; “vast treeless plain” cold, harsh and dry; permafrost
Ice Cap
Bitterly cold with giant ice sheets; monthly averages do not go above freezing
Dry Climates
SteppeDesert
Steppe
surrounds many deserts with partly dry grasslands and prairies; 10-20 inches of annual rainfall
Desert
Dry all year; gets less than 10 inches of annual rainfall
Highland Climates
Highland/Mountain
Highland or Mountain
Local climates vary greatly because of differences in elevation; cool to cold climates year round; tall mountains will have a timberline.
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