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Page iv
... altitude , over the more important elements of climate . Chapters IV , V , and VI are intended to give an outline of the climatic characteristics of the zones in a simple and vivid form , with the least pos- sible use of tabular matter ...
... altitude , over the more important elements of climate . Chapters IV , V , and VI are intended to give an outline of the climatic characteristics of the zones in a simple and vivid form , with the least pos- sible use of tabular matter ...
Page xiii
... ALTITUDE 9 DIURNAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE : INFLUENCE OF ALTITUDE • 10 SUPAN'S CLIMATIC PROVINCES • 11 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT ZONES 12 SCHEME OF CLIMATES AT SEA - LEVEL 13 NAMES OF CLIMATES AT SEA - LEVEL 14 VERTICAL ...
... ALTITUDE 9 DIURNAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE : INFLUENCE OF ALTITUDE • 10 SUPAN'S CLIMATIC PROVINCES • 11 GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANT ZONES 12 SCHEME OF CLIMATES AT SEA - LEVEL 13 NAMES OF CLIMATES AT SEA - LEVEL 14 VERTICAL ...
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... altitude is only 6612 ° , i . e . , it does not reach the zenith , and the amount of insolation is less than at the equinox . On the northern tropic , however , the sun is vertical at noon , and the day is between thirteen and fourteen ...
... altitude is only 6612 ° , i . e . , it does not reach the zenith , and the amount of insolation is less than at the equinox . On the northern tropic , however , the sun is vertical at noon , and the day is between thirteen and fourteen ...
Page 12
... altitude of the sun varies during the day on the former , being at the hori- zon at midnight and highest at noon , the altitude at the pole remains 2312 ° throughout the twenty - four hours . The result is to give the pole a maximum ...
... altitude of the sun varies during the day on the former , being at the hori- zon at midnight and highest at noon , the altitude at the pole remains 2312 ° throughout the twenty - four hours . The result is to give the pole a maximum ...
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... altitude ; by air and ocean currents ; by varying conditions of cloudiness , and so on . Hence the cli- mates met with along the same latitude circle are no longer all alike . Solar climate is greatly modified by atmospheric conditions ...
... altitude ; by air and ocean currents ; by varying conditions of cloudiness , and so on . Hence the cli- mates met with along the same latitude circle are no longer all alike . Solar climate is greatly modified by atmospheric conditions ...
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Africa altitude ANNUAL MARCH Antarctic anticyclonic Arctic Arctic circle Asia chiefly civilisation climatology cloudiness cold colder continental climate continents cool crops curve cyclonic damp decrease deserts disease distribution districts diurnal drier dry season earth's surface east eastern coasts effect equator equatorial Europe favourable forests Greenland heat higher latitudes humidity important increasing India insolation irrigation islands isotherm land latitude circle less lowlands malaria margins maxima maximum mean annual mean temperature Meteorology migration monsoon months mountain climates natives natural North America north polar northern oceans perature period plateaus polar climate polar zones pole population pressure prevailing Province rainfall rainy season regions result savannas sea-level Siberia snow southern hemisphere steppes storms sub-tropical sub-tropical belts summer sunspot temperature tion trade wind trees tropics tude tundra usually vegetation warm warmer weather west coast westerlies western yellow fever
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