Post on 11-May-2015
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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