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Tropical Zones (between 0° and 23.5° )•Tropical Wet•Tropical Wet and Dry
•Temperate Zones (between 23.5 ° and 66.5°)•Arid•Semiarid•Mediterranean•Humid Subtropical•Marine West Coast•Humid Continental•Subarctic
•Polar Zone (between 66.5 ° and 90 °)•Tundra•Ice Cap
•Highland (mountain)
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•Along the equator
•Warm and rainy year-round
•65+ inches of rain a year
•Tropical rain forest
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•Borders tropical wet
•Warm all year with a distinct rainy and dry season
•20+ inches of rain in rainy season
•Tropical grassland with scattered trees
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•Centered along 30° latitude
•Dry, can be cold or hot
•Less than 10 inches of rain
•Desert-mostly barren, rocky, sandy areas with drought resistant plants
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•Borders arid/desert regions
•Semi-dry with wide temperature ranges
•Rains 10-20 inches a year
•Grassland and few trees
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•West coasts in middle latitudes and
around the Mediterranean Sea
•Dry warm summers and mild wet
winters
•Scrub woodland and grassland
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•East coasts in middle latitudes
•Hot, humid summers and mild, humid winters
•Regular precipitation year-round
•Mixed forest
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•West coasts in upper–middle latitudes
•Cloudy, mild summers, and cool, rainy winters with a strong ocean influence
•20-60 inches of rain a year
•Temperate evergreen forest
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•East coasts and interiors of upper-middle latitude continents
•Four distinct seasons
•Equal amounts of precipitation each season
•Mixed forest
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•Higher latitudes of interior and east coasts of continents
•Extremes of temperatures
•Long, cold winters and short, warm summers
•Low precipitation
•Northern evergreen forest
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•High latitude coasts
•Cold all year
•Very long, cold winters and very, short cool summers
•Low precipitation
•Mosses, lichen, & low shrubs
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•Polar regions
•Freezing cold all year
•Snow and ice year-round
•Less than 10 inches of precipitation a year
•No vegetation
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•Mountain regions
•Temperature varies with elevation
•Temperature decreases 4.2° per 1000 ft.
•Forest to tundra to ice cap vegetation
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