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Concept map: THE WORLD’S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

Name: _______________________________ Course: ___________________ Date: _____________________

Natural Disasters

NATURAL
ENVIRONMENTS Earthquakes Tornadoes

EUROPE
Relief Climate
NORTH AMERICA
The study of the natural environment
examines these four fundamental aspects:
________ /SOUTH
Relief Climate
AMERICA
ASIA
Relief Climate
________ Polar
Europe __________________
Relief Climate
__________ Polar OCEANIA
Central & Mountains
Western Relief Climate
Europe Maritime Islands
Maritime Relief Climate
Himalayas Climate
Alpine Wet/Dry Continental
Rocky Alpine Andes Tropical Relief
Equatorial
Mountains ________
Desert Humid Peninsulas
Mountains Wet ______
___________ Monsoon
Mediterranean New
Desert & _________ Desert & ________
Maritime
____________ ____desert Valley Semidesert
Sub-tropical
Mediterranean Australia
Mountain Humid
Sub-tropical
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Mediterranean
Humid Mediterranean
Sub-tropical
Alpine