1. Climate Zones

2. Tropical Climates
Located around the Equator

3. Tropical Rainforest Year-round rain Warm
Vegetation (plant-life): Lush and thick
Trees form canopies- little sunlight reaches the ground

5. Tropical Savanna Dry year-round Wet season- rains for a few months
Warm
Vegetation: grasslands

7. Mid-latitude Climates
Located north and south of the Equator
In the middle of north and south hemispheres
Very diverse climates
Temperature changes with seasons

8. Marine West Coast Climate
Winters- rainy and mild
Summers- cool
Heavy rainfall
Vegetation: Deciduous trees (they lose their leaves in the fall) and Coniferous trees (evergreens)

10. Mediterranean Climate
Winters- rainy and mild
Summers- hot and dry
Vegetation: shrubs and short trees

12. Humid Continental Climate
Winters can be long, cold, and snowy
Summers are short and hot
Vegetation: Deciduous trees and grasslands

14. Humid Subtropical Climate
Rain falls throughout the year
Summers have the heaviest rainfalls
They are hot and humid
Winters- short and mild
Vegetation: palm trees, and oaks

16. High Latitude Climates
Located in the highest latitudes
North and South Poles

17. Subarctic Climate Winters- very cold and bitter.
Summers- temperatures do rise above freezing.
Vegetation: Evergreen forests known as Taiga

19. Tundra Climate Harsh and dry
Permafrost- lower layers of soil are permanently frozen
Summers- plains become marshy
Vegetation: grasses and low bushes

21. Ice Cap Climate Bitterly cold
Average temperature in Antarctica is -128°F
Vegetation: lichens- funguslike plants and mosses

23. Dry Climates Dry or partially dry areas
Temperatures are extremely hot during the day and very cold at night

24. Desert Climate Receive less than 10 inches of rain per year
Vegetation: cacti and scrub

26. Steppe Climate Partly dry grasslands (prairies)
Receives more rain than a desert
Vegetation: short grasses or “treeless plains”

28. Highland Climate Elevation changes climate Mountains are cold
Vegetation: Timberline- the point where no more trees grow. Above the line there are only small shrubs and wildflowers.

30. High-Latitude
Mid-Latitude
Tropical