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Term | Definition |
climate | usual predictable pattern of weather over a long period of time |
current | moving streams of water in the world's oceans |
drought | long periods of extreme dryness and water shortage |
high-latitude climate | cold climate lies from 60 degrees north to the North Pole and 60 degrees south to the South Pole |
hurricane | violent tropical strom with high winds and heavy rainfall |
highland climate | cool or cold climate that varies with elevation |
tropical climate | warm year round extands from the equator to the Tropic of Cancer and from the equator to the Tropic of Capricorn |
mid-latitide | temperture climate extends from 23 1/2 degress to 60 degerees north and 23 1/2 degrees to 60 degrees to the south |
prevailing wind | movements of air that travel around the earth in a typical patteren |
El Nino | Caused by the combinations of temperture wind and water |
La Nina | Eastern winds become strong and the opposite of El Nino occurs |
dry climate | dry to partially dry areas with little or no rain |
typhoon | name for a hurricane in Asia |
tornado | funnel-shaped windstrom |
tropics | low-latitude region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic or Capricorn |
monsoon | seasonal wind that blows over a continent for a long period of time |
weather | unpredictable changes in the air that take place in a short period of time |
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