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... heat and humidity -Pressure - Winds and rainfall - Land and sea breezes - Thunderstorms - Cloudiness - Intensity of sky - light and twilight - Climatic subdivisions : I. The equatorial belt - II . Trade wind belts - III , Mon- soon ...
... heat and humidity -Pressure - Winds and rainfall - Land and sea breezes - Thunderstorms - Cloudiness - Intensity of sky - light and twilight - Climatic subdivisions : I. The equatorial belt - II . Trade wind belts - III , Mon- soon ...
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... heat by radiation . And these two factors would have the same value at all points on the same latitude circle . The relative amounts of insolation received at dif- ferent latitudes and at different times have been care- fully determined ...
... heat by radiation . And these two factors would have the same value at all points on the same latitude circle . The relative amounts of insolation received at dif- ferent latitudes and at different times have been care- fully determined ...
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... tion for the whole year . They may well be called the winter zones , for their summer is so short and cool that the heat is insufficient for most forms of vegeta- tion , especially for trees . The temperate zones are 20 CLIMATE.
... tion for the whole year . They may well be called the winter zones , for their summer is so short and cool that the heat is insufficient for most forms of vegeta- tion , especially for trees . The temperate zones are 20 CLIMATE.
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... heat ; two frigid zones , uninhabitable be- cause of cold ; and two intermediate zones , of moder- ate temperature , suitable for man . The exact limits assigned to these zones are not known with certainty ; but it is reasonable to ...
... heat ; two frigid zones , uninhabitable be- cause of cold ; and two intermediate zones , of moder- ate temperature , suitable for man . The exact limits assigned to these zones are not known with certainty ; but it is reasonable to ...
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... heat . Hence it has naturally been suggested that the zones be lim- ited by isotherms rather than by parallels of latitude , and that a closer approach be thus made to the actual conditions of climate . Supan ( see Fig . 5 ) has ...
... heat . Hence it has naturally been suggested that the zones be lim- ited by isotherms rather than by parallels of latitude , and that a closer approach be thus made to the actual conditions of climate . Supan ( see Fig . 5 ) has ...
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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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