Climate Zones

LOW

MIDDLE

HIGH

MIDDLE

HIGH

Semiarid•Around deserts/Inside continents•Hot summers and cooler winters•Grassland, few trees

Humid Subtropical

• East coasts mid lats.

• Hot H. summers/Mild H. winters

• Mixed forest

Marine West Coast

• West Coast upper-mid lats.

• Cloudy mild summers/ cool rainy winters

• Temperate Evergreen Forest

Subarctic

• Interior/East coasts High Lats.• Extreme Temps., long cold winters• Northern evergreen forest

           

Tropical Wet and

Dry

• Humid Tropics-T.W.&D.-Deserts• Warm all year, Rainy/Dry Seasons• Tropical grassland with scattered

trees

Desert• 10in or less rain.• Summer warm-hot.

Winter quite cool-freezing

• Scrubby bushes and vegetation

Humid Continental

• East Coasts Upper mid lats.

• 4 seasons, long cold winter & S. W. summers

• Mixed forest Trees>2-3 stories

Highland• High

mountain regions

• Greatly varied temperatures

• Forest-Tundra

Tundra• High lats.

Coasts• Cold all year• Moss,

lichens, low shrubs

Tropical Wet• Low lat.• Always Hot• Tropical Rain

Forest

Mediterranean• W. Coasts Mid

lats.• Dry sun warm

summers/ mild wetter winters

• Scrub, woodland, and grasslands

Ice Cap• Polar regions• Freezing cold year

round• Ice caps are ice.

No vegetation.

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