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... tion of the influence of forests on climate , which many readers may expect to find considered in this book , is omitted because it is adequately taken up in Hann's Handbook ( Vol . I ) . I have drawn very freely upon Hann's Handbuch ...
... tion of the influence of forests on climate , which many readers may expect to find considered in this book , is omitted because it is adequately taken up in Hann's Handbook ( Vol . I ) . I have drawn very freely upon Hann's Handbuch ...
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... 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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Considered Especially in Relation to Man Robert DeCourcy Ward. tion of climates - Ravenstein's hygrothermal types- Classification of rainfall systems - Herbertson's nat- ural geographical regions - Summary and conclu- sions . - CHAPTER ...
Considered Especially in Relation to Man Robert DeCourcy Ward. tion of climates - Ravenstein's hygrothermal types- Classification of rainfall systems - Herbertson's nat- ural geographical regions - Summary and conclu- sions . - CHAPTER ...
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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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... The Major Natural Regions . Geogr . Jour . , XXV , 1905 . " 30 , 31 , 32. Scientific Results of the Norwegian North Polar Expedi- tion . Vol . vi , Meteorology . 1 CLIMATE INTRODUCTION Meaning and Scope of Climatology - Relation XV.
... The Major Natural Regions . Geogr . Jour . , XXV , 1905 . " 30 , 31 , 32. Scientific Results of the Norwegian North Polar Expedi- tion . Vol . vi , Meteorology . 1 CLIMATE INTRODUCTION Meaning and Scope of Climatology - Relation XV.
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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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