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The World's Climates
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mountainous Regions | Varied Highland (Vertical) |
| Low Latitude | Tropical |
| Desert | Dry |
| MIddle Latitudes | Temperate |
| Plains | Continental |
| High Latitudes | Arctic |
| Ice cap - thick layer of ice | Arctice |
| humid - rains irregularly | Continental |
| Mediterranean | Temperate |
| Less than 10" of rain in a year | Desert |
| Rain forest vegetation | Low Latitude |
| varies with elevation | Mountainous Regions |
| Less precipation and vegetation due to elevation | Mountainous regions |
| canopy | Tropical |
| Arid - small plants and grasses | Desert |
| Marine West Coast - warm moist air | Temperate |
| Subarctice - cooler, shorter summers | Continental |
| Polar - some snow melts in summer | Arctic |
| Humid - sub tropical - mostly heat, humidity, precipatation | Temperate |
| Sub polar - milder summer | Arctic |