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Tropical Climates Tropical Savanna Tropical Rainforest

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Tropical Climates

Tropical SavannaTropical Rainforest

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Tropical Savanna

Hot all year round, a few months are very dry

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Tropical Rain Forest

Description – Hot and rainy all year round, lush vegetation

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Mild Climates

Humid SubtropicalMediterranean

Marine West Coast Climate

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Humid Subtropical

Description - Mid-latitude regions; hot humid summers with heavy rain; short and mild winter

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Mediterranean

Description - Mild rainy winters and hot dry summers

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Marine West Coast

Description – Winds from the ocean make it mild; rainy winters and cool summers

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Continental Climates

Humid ContinentalSubarctic

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Humid Continental

4 seasons; winters can be long, cold and snowy but there are short hot summers

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Subarctic Climate

Close to the polar regions; cold bitter winters but temperatures go above freezing in summer

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Polar Climates

TundraIce Cap

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Tundra

Arctic region; “vast treeless plain” cold, harsh and dry; permafrost

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Ice Cap

Bitterly cold with giant ice sheets; monthly averages do not go above freezing

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Dry Climates

SteppeDesert

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Steppe

surrounds many deserts with partly dry grasslands and prairies; 10-20 inches of annual rainfall

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Desert

Dry all year; gets less than 10 inches of annual rainfall

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Highland Climates

Highland/Mountain

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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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