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... rainfall , etc. , given with greater or less completeness in the various text - books of meteorology , and , very fully , in the Atlas of Meteorology . In Chapter VII the attempt is made to give a survey of some of the re- lations ...
... rainfall , etc. , given with greater or less completeness in the various text - books of meteorology , and , very fully , in the Atlas of Meteorology . In Chapter VII the attempt is made to give a survey of some of the re- lations ...
Page ix
... 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 hygrothermal types- Classification of rainfall ix.
... 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 hygrothermal types- Classification of rainfall ix.
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... rainfall systems - Herbertson's nat- ural geographical regions - Summary and conclu- sions . - CHAPTER IV . THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ZONES . I. THE TROPICS General : climate and weather - Temperature - The seasons - Physiological ...
... rainfall systems - Herbertson's nat- ural geographical regions - Summary and conclu- sions . - CHAPTER IV . THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ZONES . I. THE TROPICS General : climate and weather - Temperature - The seasons - Physiological ...
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... RAINFALL IN THE TROPICS 21 ANNUAL MARCH OF CLOUDINESS IN THE TROPICS 22 ANNUAL MARCH OF TEMPERATURE : TROPICAL TYPE 97 23 MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL : SUB - TROPI- CAL WINTER RAINS • 24 RAINY AND RAINLESS ZONES ON EASTERN ATLAN ...
... RAINFALL IN THE TROPICS 21 ANNUAL MARCH OF CLOUDINESS IN THE TROPICS 22 ANNUAL MARCH OF TEMPERATURE : TROPICAL TYPE 97 23 MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL : SUB - TROPI- CAL WINTER RAINS • 24 RAINY AND RAINLESS ZONES ON EASTERN ATLAN ...
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... rainfall of a month , or a season , are important data , not in any way replaced by a knowledge of the mean monthly or seasonal temperature and rainfall . Further , a determination of the frequency of occurrence of a given condition ...
... rainfall of a month , or a season , are important data , not in any way replaced by a knowledge of the mean monthly or seasonal temperature and rainfall . Further , a determination of the frequency of occurrence of a given condition ...
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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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