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final exam review 3
chapter 3 climate
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| climate | usual predicable pattern or weather over a long period or time |
| current | moving streams of water in the worlds oceans; affects climate |
| drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
| 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 the mountains] |
| tropical climate | warm year round extends from the equator to tropic cancer [23 1/2 degrees north] and from equator to the tropical Capricorn [23 1/2 degrees south] |
| mid-latitude climate | |
| prevailing wind | |
| El Nino | |
| La Nina | |
| dry climate | |
| typhoon | |
| tropics | |
| monsoon | |
| weather | |
| peninsula |