CLIMATES
There are different types of climates: desert, monsoon, savanna, equatorial and tropical. They have different characteristics but they can be identify just simply by the rate of isolation and precipitation.
Desert: Deserts are divided into two categories, hot desert and cold desert.
Cold deserts are located on latitudes 60 at the north of the Equator, in Eurasia, North America and Canada. Cold deserts have two seasons, winters are very long, dark and extremely cold. This is because of the northerly latitude, strong winds can lower temperature. Summers are short but very hot for these latitudes, this is for the long hours of daylight.
Precipitation is very light throughout the year because the air is very cold to hold moisture. In winter maybe it snow or a blizzards and in summer maybe it rain when temperatures are at their highest.
Hot deserts are located at the west side of continents between latitudes 5 and 30 the north and south of the equator. There the amount of water in the atmosphere is very low; the average precipitation is between 250 to 300mm per year.
Deserts are formed differently, but these have in common the wind. The reasons can be:
In the south- west season (wet season) the sea winds enter the continent, they are warm and moist, and a low pressure area is formed so it gives large amount of relief rainfall. The precipitation is between 2000mm and 14000mm in five month.
In the north-west season (dry season) the winds blow from the continent and they are dry so they leave little amount of precipitation for example Mumbai with 45mm in seven month.
Equatorial: Equatorial climates are located in latitudes 5 north and south of the Equator. They are wet and hot. This means that it is hot and wet all year and the precipitation doesn’t change. The average temperature only varies only 2°C and the average precipitation is 2500mm.
Tropical: it is located between 5° to 15° latitudes in the center of continents. This climate has wet and dry season. The wet season is very hot and wet while the dry season is very hot and dry, In the wet season precipitation is very high and in the dry season precipitation is very low.
Desert: Deserts are divided into two categories, hot desert and cold desert.
Cold deserts are located on latitudes 60 at the north of the Equator, in Eurasia, North America and Canada. Cold deserts have two seasons, winters are very long, dark and extremely cold. This is because of the northerly latitude, strong winds can lower temperature. Summers are short but very hot for these latitudes, this is for the long hours of daylight.
Precipitation is very light throughout the year because the air is very cold to hold moisture. In winter maybe it snow or a blizzards and in summer maybe it rain when temperatures are at their highest.
Hot deserts are located at the west side of continents between latitudes 5 and 30 the north and south of the equator. There the amount of water in the atmosphere is very low; the average precipitation is between 250 to 300mm per year.
Deserts are formed differently, but these have in common the wind. The reasons can be:
- That the winds blow from the land and they cannot pick up moisture.
- Another reason could be winds that cross mountains barriers which form rain shadows.
- Air that rose as convection currents at the equator descend at the latitudes and gives clear skies.
- When the wind blows from the sea it can’t pick up much moisture because they are cold.
In the south- west season (wet season) the sea winds enter the continent, they are warm and moist, and a low pressure area is formed so it gives large amount of relief rainfall. The precipitation is between 2000mm and 14000mm in five month.
In the north-west season (dry season) the winds blow from the continent and they are dry so they leave little amount of precipitation for example Mumbai with 45mm in seven month.
Equatorial: Equatorial climates are located in latitudes 5 north and south of the Equator. They are wet and hot. This means that it is hot and wet all year and the precipitation doesn’t change. The average temperature only varies only 2°C and the average precipitation is 2500mm.
Tropical: it is located between 5° to 15° latitudes in the center of continents. This climate has wet and dry season. The wet season is very hot and wet while the dry season is very hot and dry, In the wet season precipitation is very high and in the dry season precipitation is very low.
It's ok, Franco. Check language mistakes, please. You didn´t mention why there are two seasons in the tropical continental climate. Also, when writing about cold deserts you say that temperatures are hot for these latitudes: they are not hot, they are warm.
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