Cool Temperate Oceanic Climate

Cool Temperate Oceanic Climate

1. Mid Latitude

   • Location : 40 and 60 north and south of equator
     • North west Europe, New Zealand, North west coast America, Southern Chile

2. Winter : above 0 in winter (winter frost) Summer : 14 and 20

3. Rainfall high 500 and 2000mm(Ireland=1500mm and 2000mm)

   • Throughout year but winter maximum
   • Ireland= south westerly wind(carry rain Atlantic)
     • Cloudy Changeable

4. Brown earth-fertile(humus)

   • Humus- dark jelly like substance of decomposed plants and creatures. Humus washed down by rain making it fertile
     • Support strong agriculture industry

5. Deciduous forests (oak,ash,beech,elm)

   • Cleared(agriculture,settlement and transport)

6. Deer,fox and badger in deciduous forests

7. Agriculture.Brown earth fertile=pastoral farming

   • harvest in summer,autumn stall feed animals winter