climatic features of a cold environment
climatic features of cold environments, useful for the first question on the exam paper
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- climatic features of a cold environment
- large range in temperatures
- can be anything from -70 to +20 deegrees C
- low percipitation
- lowest in polar and periglacial climates
- higher in mountain climates
- katabatic winds (Antarctica)
- strong wind that blow out from highlands in centre and then are forced onto lowlands near coast, chilling the land below them
- varied daylight hours
- in the northern hemisphere
- winter, low daylight hours
- summer, high daylight hours
- in the northern hemisphere
- low levels of insolation
- due to furthest from equator so, insloation has longer to travel through the atmosphere, more energy is lost
- large range in temperatures
- winter, low daylight hours
- due to furthest from equator so, insloation has longer to travel through the atmosphere, more energy is lost
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