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ch.3 vocab
Term | Definition |
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climate | usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
current | moving streams of water in the world's oceans; affect climate |
drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
hurrican | violent tropical storm with high winds and heavy rainfall |
high-latitude climate | cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole and from 60 degrees south to the south pole |
highland climate | cool or cold climate that varies with elevation(like high up in the mountain) |
trpoical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to the trpoic of Cancer(23 1/2 degrees north) and from the equator to the tropic of capronicorn(23 1/2 degrees south) |