TEMPERATE
CLIMATES
MILD CLIMATES OF THE
WORLD
TYPES OF TEMPERATE
CLIMATES
 COOL
OCEANIC CLIMATE (IRELAND)
 WARM
TEMPERATE
(MEDITERRANEAN) CLIMATE
 TEMPERATE
MEANS MILD….NOT TOO
HOT AND NOT TOO COLD)
LOCATIONS
 THESE
ARE FOUND 30 – 60
DEGREES NORTH AND SOUTH OF
THE EQUATOR
TEMPERATE CLIMATES = YELLOW AREAS
COOL TEMPERATE CLIMATE
 THIS
TYPE OF CLIMATE IS FOUND IN
45 – 60 NORTH AND SOUTH OF
EQUATOR
 EG: NORTH WEST OF EUROPE,
SOUTH WEST CANADA, SOUTH
ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH WEST CANADA
NORHT WEST EUROPE
SOUTH ISLAND
NEW ZEALAND
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
TEMPERATURES ARE MILD ALL YEAR
ROUND
 TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 17
DEGREES IN SUMMER TO 4 DEGREES IN
WINTER
 LOTS OF PERCIPITATION ALL YEAR
ROUND
 WEST OF IRELAND GETS ABOUT 1800MM
 EAST OF IRELAND GETS ABOUT 700MM

RAIN MAP FOR
IRELAND
WHICH PART OF
IRELAND GETS
THE MOST
RAIN?
SATELLITE MAP OF IRELAND:HOW DO WE KNOW
THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN THAT DAY
VEGETATION
 IN
PAST NATURAL VEGETATION OF
THESE AREAS WAS DECIDUOUS
FOREST
 EG: ASH, OAK, BEECH (MOST NOW
HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN)
 ANIMALS:WOLVES, DEER, WILD
BOAR (MOST OF THESE TO HAVE
GONE)
 TODAY :HARES, FOXES, RABBITS
OAK TREE
BEECH TREE IN THE SUNSET
ASH TREES IN AUTUMN
MOST WILD DEER HAVE BEEN HUNTED TO EXTINCTION IN EUROPE
A RESTING WILD BORE
WOLVES ONCE ROAMED IRELAND…..BUT NOT ANYMORE
PEOPLE OF THE TEMPERATE
REGIONS
THE SOIL IN THESE AREAS ARE VERY
RICH AND FERTILE
 THIS MEANS THAT FARMING HAS ALWAYS
BEING IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE HERE
 TYPES OF FARMING EG:
 DAIRYING
 SHEEP
 CATTLE
 MARKET GARDENING

A DAIRY FARM
A CATTLE FARM
MILKSHEDS ON A DAIRY FARM
A HOTHOUSE FOR A MARKET GARDEN FARM
HARVESTING THE CROPS IN LATE SUMMER
OTHER INDUSTIRES
 FISHING
WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO
THE PEOPLE OF NORHT WEST
EUROPE
 FISH CAUGHT EG. COD, HERING ETC
COD
HERRING