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Page ix
... Monsoon climate - Mountain and plateau climate- Mountains as climatic divides . CHAPTER III . THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES ( CONTINUED ) Supan's climatic provinces - Köppen's classifica- PAGE 1 19 35 55 tion of climates - Ravenstein's ...
... Monsoon climate - Mountain and plateau climate- Mountains as climatic divides . CHAPTER III . THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES ( CONTINUED ) Supan's climatic provinces - Köppen's classifica- PAGE 1 19 35 55 tion of climates - Ravenstein's ...
Page 29
... monsoon districts of southern and eastern Asia , of Brazil , and of south - eastern North America , do we find high temperatures combined with 1 All characterised by having at least four months temperate ( 50 ° -68 ° ) , and not more ...
... monsoon districts of southern and eastern Asia , of Brazil , and of south - eastern North America , do we find high temperatures combined with 1 All characterised by having at least four months temperate ( 50 ° -68 ° ) , and not more ...
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... monsoons . On the polar margins of the trade wind zone lie the sub - tropical belts , of alternating trades and westerlies . The temperate zones , with the great irregularity of their weather phenomena and their marked seasonal changes ...
... monsoons . On the polar margins of the trade wind zone lie the sub - tropical belts , of alternating trades and westerlies . The temperate zones , with the great irregularity of their weather phenomena and their marked seasonal changes ...
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... Monsoon Climate - Mountain and Plateau Climate - Mountains as Climatic Divides . Need of a Classification of Climates . A broad di- vision of the earth's surface into zones is necessary as a first step in any systematic study of climate ...
... Monsoon Climate - Mountain and Plateau Climate - Mountains as Climatic Divides . Need of a Classification of Climates . A broad di- vision of the earth's surface into zones is necessary as a first step in any systematic study of climate ...
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... winds , sometimes so well developed as to become true monsoons . Usu- ally , however , the changes in direction and the de- velopment are not very marked . In winter , clear , crisp days , which are THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES 41.
... winds , sometimes so well developed as to become true monsoons . Usu- ally , however , the changes in direction and the de- velopment are not very marked . In winter , clear , crisp days , which are THE CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES 41.
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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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