Climate of the TVC

Key words

• Internal and external processes• Weathering• Mass movement• Erosion• Sedimentation• Vegetation stratification• Vegetation succession

Key ideas

• There is a wide range of natural processes operating in the environment

• Interactions between natural processes give rise to characteristic landscapes

• Change is a normal feature of a natural environment

• Change to one process in a natural environment may lead to change in another

Natural landscapes

• Natural landscape are created by many processes– Some within the earth • Internal

– Some on the earth • External

– Some above the earth• External

Plate tectonics and volcanic processes

• They are fuelled by the heat energy of the planet

• They are responsible for building up landforms• Internal processes have created the volcanic

features of the TVC– Earthquakes and eruptions show they are still

active

• The TVC lies between 39° and 39.5° south and between 50 and 100km from the sea

• Because it lies in the mid-latitudes– Four distinct seasons– Prevailing westerly winds bring warm moist air from the Tasman

Sea– Alternating passage of cyclone and anti-cyclone weather

systems brings changeable weather

LatitudeAltitude

Distance from the sea

Affect

Climate Factors

Precipitation(moisture release)

Temperature(sun)

Air Pressure(wind)

An area’s climate