cold enviroments key words

polar region

a cold enviroment where snow and ice cover the land all year round and temperatures are between -70 and -2 degrees, also at high latitudes

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mountainous region

area of high altitude where snow cover is seasonal and temperstures cool by 1 degree for every 100m rise

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katabatic winds

cold winds that form over high relief and are forced down to lowlands by being pushed under warm air to freeze the land below

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insolation

the energy from the sun that warms the earth, more energy is concentrated at the equator and at high latitudes there is a lesser concentration

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orographic rainfall

caused when winds are forced upwards by a barrier like a mountain and then cool and condense over the mountain to produce rain the other side.

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area of high altitude where snow cover is seasonal and temperstures cool by 1 degree for every 100m rise

mountainous region

cold winds that form over high relief and are forced down to lowlands by being pushed under warm air to freeze the land below

the energy from the sun that warms the earth, more energy is concentrated at the equator and at high latitudes there is a lesser concentration

caused when winds are forced upwards by a barrier like a mountain and then cool and condense over the mountain to produce rain the other side.

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