CLIMATES AND LANDSCAPES OF THE EARTH
Equatorial climate
Tº: high (around 25ºC)
PP: heavy and regular rainfall (around 2000 mm)
Rivers: high, regular flowVegetation: lush with a lot of species. Jungle.
South America and Africa inhabitants: fruit, hunting animals and basic farmingAsia inhabitants: plantations (rice, sugar canne, tea…)
Tº: high all year (around 25ºC)
PP: two seasons: rainny season (summer) and dry season (winter)
Rivers: flow depends on the season (rise in the rainny season and dry in the dry season).Vegetation: savannas
Inhabitants: livestock, agriculture (crop rotation and plantations)
Tº: very high during day and cold during night
PP: light and irregular
No rivers and no vegetation, only wadis (ramblas)
Inhabitants: pastoral nomads and settlements in oasis.
Tº: very low (between 0 and -40ºC).
PP: low and in form of snow.
No rivers and vegetation only in the warmest months, called tundra (mosses, lichens and small flowers).
Inhabitants: Eskimos in North America and Sami in Northern Scandinavia. Hunting and fishing.
Tº: very low
PP: heavy but decreases as altitude increases. Form of snow.
Rivers: high flow in summer, dry in winter.Vegetation: change in stages with altitude.
Inhabitants: livestock, farming, log forests and tourists.
Tº: mild
PP: light and regular
Rivers: high, regular flowVegetation: meadows, deciduous forests, moors…
Inhabitants: in Western Europe forests have been cut down. Still many in America.
Continental climate
Tº: extreme (cold winters, hot summers)
PP: escarce
Rivers: high flow (a lot of tributaries)Vegetation: taiga, steppe and prairies
Inhabitants: taiga to make cellulose. Steppes for livestock and cereals.
Mediterranean climate
Tº: hot summers, mild winters.
PP: no rain in summer, autumn the rainiest season.
Rivers: low, irregular flow. Floods.Vegetation: evergreen forests, shrubland (maquis, garrigue)
Inhabitants: cereals, grapes, olives. Irrigates farming (fruits and vegetables). Greenhouses.