7 Main Climates

7 Main Climates

1. Hot Climates

   • Equatorial
     • Amazon rainforest
       • Deforestation occurs due to want of timber and use of land.
   • Savanna
     • Convectional Rainfall in this climate
   • Hot Desert
     • Sahara desert
     • Nomads live here
     • Natural Vegetation is the Cactus, thick bark and sharp needles.

2. Temperate Climates

   • Mediterranean / Warm temperate oceanic
     • Found around the Mediterranean basin
       • About one-third of the world's tourists are attracted to the Mediterranean region.
   • Cool Temperate Oceanic
     • Found in western Europe inc. Ireland
       • The weather conditions here are wet, cool and windy.
         • Perfect conditions for dairy farming

3. Cold Climates

   • Boreal
     • Long cold winters and short cool to mild summers
     • Found at latitudes 50-70 degrees North
   • Tundra
     • Nomads are people with no permanent abode but move from place to place
       • Inuits are members of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting areas like northern Canada.
     • Found around the Arctic Circle

4. Factors affecting climates

   • Latitude
   • Distance from sea or ocean
   • Ocean currents
   • Prevailing wind
   • Aspect
   • Altitude

5. The average condition of atmosphere over large area over period of 35 years

6. Climate Change (change of weather patterns that lasts for an extended period of time)

   • Causes
     • Burning fossil fuels which release CO2
     • Deforestation
     • Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's)
     • Cows releasing methane
     • Nitrous oxide
     • Water vapour (but also combats climate change)
   • Solutions
     • Use renewable energy; solar, wind, water, and geothermal energy
     • Stop using soil fertilizers
     • Stop usage of (CFC's) found in aerosol propellants and old fridges
     • Reforestation
     • Eat less meat as Japanese study showed that 1kg of beef produces 34.6kg of CO2
   • Consequences
     • Temperature rise
       • Ice at poles melts
         • Higher sea levels
           • Land flooding
             • Less food
     • More natural disasters
     • Mosquitos start living in more upland areas
     • Changes in animal migration patterns
     • More droughts

7. Weather

   • The condition of the atmosphere over a small area at a certain time/day to day basis

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