LOCATION:

Near the Equator

The are always hot . Average
temperature is 27C

TEMPERATURES
ECUATORIAL

PRECIPITATIONS

They are abundant and regular

Rainforest. It is formed for big

evergreen trees

LANDSCAPE
LOCATION

Between the tropics and the Equator

They are always high. There is a little
seasonal variation

TEMPERATURES

HOT CLIMATES

TROPICAL

They are variable and there is a dry season and an

rainy season

PRECIPITATIONS

Savannah.It is a grassland ecosystem with

dispersed trees.

LANDSCAPE
LOCATION

Close to the tropics

Average temperature is high during the year. There is
a large variation between the day and the night

TEMPERATURES
HOT DESERT

PRECIPITATIONS

There are adapted vegetation to the

dryness

LANDSCAPE

It is found around the Mediterranean sea and other zones in

western coastal areas of the world.

LOCATION

MEDITERRANEAN

They are very little, less than 250mm per year.

It has mild winters ( between 5 and 10 C) and hot

summers 8 more than 23 C)

TEMPERATURES

Precipitations are little ( never more than 800 mm) and

they mainly in autumn and spring .

PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE
LOCATION

Climates

It is mainly found on the west coast of temperate zones

Its temperatures are quite mild, since its average is between
10 and 15 C .

TEMPERATURES

TEMPERATE
CLIMATES

OCEANIC

Mediterranean forest formed and scrubland

It has regular and abundant precipitations, more usual in winter. They are more
than
1000 mm/year.

PRECIPITATIONS

LANDSCAPE

The main
landscape is called deciduous forest or oceanic forest

LOCATION

This climate is usually inland

Temperatures vary a lot between very hot summers and very cold
winters.

TEMPERATURES
CONTINENTAL

PRECIPITATIONS

Precipitations are irregular and they are mostly in summer.

Coniferous forests , or taiga, is formed of evergreen trees as

pines and fir and prairies and steppes formed of grass.

LANDSCAPE

LOCATION

It is above the polar circles

Average temperature is around 0oC and winters are long and hard
with temperatures between -10 C y -50C

TEMPERATURES
PERPETUAL ICE
PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE

POLAR CLIMATE

LOCATION

COLD
CLIMATES

TUNDRA

ALPINE OR HIGH
MOUNTAIN

They are very little

Tundra : ice is melted and a little vegetation grows as grass and shrubs.

It is situated along the world

TEMPERATURES

Low temperatures in winter and cool in summer.

PRECIPITATIONS
LANDSCAPE

There is no vegetation due to the subsoil is always frozen .

It has a hard winter ( under 0C ) and a short summer ( at least three

months above 0C

PRECIPITATIONS

LOCATION

(less than 300 mm per year) and they falls

It is in areas near temperate zones.

TEMPERATURES

LANDSCAPE

There are few precipitations

as snow.

Abundant precipitations ( as snow in winter)

Vary with altitude

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