Latitude & Climate

• What is Latitude?

  the distance measured in degrees north and south of the equator
• What are Parallels?

  imaginary lines representing latitudes
• The closer the latitude is to the equator, the warmer the climate
• The closer it is to the pole, the colder the climate
• What do you call the Tropical Moist Climate that has annual rainfall of 100 inches, average temperature of 18 Degrees Celsius, and is 10 Degrees South, and 25 Degrees North that covers the Amazon Basin, East Indies from Sumatra to New Guinea, and the Philippines?

  Tropical Rain Forest
• What do you call the Wet-Dry Tropical Climate that has annual rainfall of 0.25 centimeters, average temperature of 16 Degrees Celsius, and is 15 to 25 Degrees North and South that covers India, West Africa, Southern Africa, and South America?

  Savanna
• What do you call the Dry Tropical Climate that has annual rainfall of 0.25 centimeters, average temperature of 16 Degrees Celsius, and is 15 to 25 Degrees North and South that covers North Africa, Southern Africa, Central Australia, and Argentina?

  Desert
• What do you call the Dry Mid-Latitude Climate that has annual rainfall of 81 centimeters, average temperature of 31 Degrees Celsius, and is 30 to 55 Degrees North and South that covers North America and Eurasia?

  Grassland
• What do you call Moist Continental Climate that has annual rainfall of 81 centimeters, average temperature of 31 Degrees Celsius, and is 30 to 55 Degrees North and South that covers eastern parts of the United States, northern China, Japan, and Central and Eastern Europe?

  Deciduous Forest
• What do you call the Boreal Forest Climate that has annual rainfall of 31 centimeters, average temperature of negative 25 Degrees Celsius to 16 Degree Celsius, and is 50 Degrees to 70 Degrees North and South that covers Canada, Northern Europe, Siberia, Central and Western Alaska?

  Taiga
• Tundra Climates have an annual rainfall of 20 centimeters, average temperature of negative 22 Degrees Celsius to 6 Degrees Celsius, and is 60 Degrees to 75 Degrees North and South that covers Greenland and the arctic coast of North America
• What do you call Highland Climate that has an annual rainfall of 23 centimeters, average temperature of negative 18 Degrees Celsius to 10 Degrees Celsius, found in areas of high elevation like plateaus, mountains, and mountain rages that covers Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mt. Fuji in Japan, and the Himalayas?

  Alpine
• It is the climate zone experienced here in the Philippines.


  Tropical Rain Forest or Tropical Moist Climate
• It is the climate experienced in the Himalayas and other areas of high elevation like plateaus and mountains.

  Highland Climate or Alpine
• It is the climate experienced in arctic coastal areas.

  Tundra Climate