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... 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 belts - IV . Mountain ...
... 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 belts - IV . Mountain ...
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... PRESSURE AND WINDS IN JANUARY 16 PRESSURE AND WINDS IN JULY 17 KÖPPEN'S CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES IN RELA- · TION TO VEGETATION 48 50 • 56 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 FIG . 18 HERBERTSON'S MAJOR NATURAL REGIONS 19 ANNUAL MARCH xiii PAGE.
... PRESSURE AND WINDS IN JANUARY 16 PRESSURE AND WINDS IN JULY 17 KÖPPEN'S CLASSIFICATION OF CLIMATES IN RELA- · TION TO VEGETATION 48 50 • 56 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 FIG . 18 HERBERTSON'S MAJOR NATURAL REGIONS 19 ANNUAL MARCH xiii PAGE.
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... pressure ; evaporation , and also , but of less importance , the composition and the chemical , optical , and electrical phenomena of the atmosphere . The characteristics of each of these so - called climatic elements are set forth in a ...
... pressure ; evaporation , and also , but of less importance , the composition and the chemical , optical , and electrical phenomena of the atmosphere . The characteristics of each of these so - called climatic elements are set forth in a ...
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... pressure over the former give rise to systems of inflowing and out- flowing , so - called continental , winds , sometimes so well developed as to become true monsoons . Usu- ally , however , the changes in direction and the de ...
... pressure over the former give rise to systems of inflowing and out- flowing , so - called continental , winds , sometimes so well developed as to become true monsoons . Usu- ally , however , the changes in direction and the de ...
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... pressure is reduced to about one - half of its sea - level value . The highest human habitations are found under these conditions . While the pressures and the pressure changes at sea - level have no marked effect upon man , the ...
... pressure is reduced to about one - half of its sea - level value . The highest human habitations are found under these conditions . While the pressures and the pressure changes at sea - level have no marked effect upon man , the ...
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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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