Physical GeographyLecture Outline

Koppen Climate Types

Major Climate Divisions

Great Web Resource www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/climate_zones.swf

World Climate web site

Koppen Climographs Monthly precipitation Monthly average temperatures

Tropical Climates

Tropical Rainforest

Climograph – Wet Tropical Rainforest

Congo

Jungle http://img2.travelblog.org/

Photos/11198/35614/f/182326-Jungle-Vines-0.jpg

www.sights-and-culture.com/australia/australi...

Tropical Wet and Dry Monsoon Savanna

Monsoon

Climograph – Tropical Monsoon

Nasa – rice farming

Tropical Savanna

Tropical Wet/Dry - Savanna

Arid Climates

Steppe

Climograph - Steppe Note:

Southern Hemisphere

Desert

Climograph - Tropical Desert

Midlatitude Climates C Climates - Mesothermal D Climates - Microthermal

Blueplanetbiomes.org

C Climates

Mediterranean

Climograph - Mediterranean

San Francisco

Marine West Coast

Portland, Oregon

Humid Subtropical

D Climates – Humid Microthermal

Chicago

Moose Factory, Ontario

E - Polar Climates

Tundra

Tundra

Tundra

Ice Cap

Ice Cap

Highland Climates http://

www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/biomes/biomes.gif

www.geographyalltheway.com/.../tree_line.jpg

University of michigan http://images.google.com/

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