Name:
Climate
Regions
Class Color:
Temperature
Precipitation
Warm, muggy year round.
Monsoons
Its gonna rain!
65” – 450” of rainfall a year
Dry and wet seasons. Warm year
round
20” – 65” of rainfall a year
Desert
Hot during the day, cools drastically
at night. Might vary on the latitude
Steppe
Date:
Natural Vegetation
Latitude
Tropical rainforest, thick
undergrowth. (ex Amazon
Jungle)
Scattered trees with tropical
grasslands
Low Latitude (between the tropics)
Less than 10” of rainfall a year
Cacti or drought-resistant plants
Dry Latitude. Centers around 30
degrees.
Hot summers and cooler winter.
Wide temp range
10” to 20” of rainfall a year
Scattered grassland/scrubs and
few trees
Bordering deserts, interior of large
continents (Great Plains)
Warm, dry summers and mild,
wetter winters.
15” to 20” of rainfall a year.
Scrub woodlands and grassland
(vineyards)
Middle Latitude
Humid, hot summer and humid,
mild winter
Rains year-round. Location for
many hurricanes and typhoons.
Mixed forest (Coniferous and
Deciduous trees)
Middle Latitudes (east coast)
Cloudy, mild summers and rainy,
cool winters
20” to 60” of rainfall. Strong
ocean influence
Temperate, evergreen trees
Upper Middle Latitude s(west
coast)
20” to 60” varies based on the
season (spring and winter)
Mixed forest (Coniferous and
Deciduous trees)
Upper Middle Latitudes (east coast
and interior of the continent)
Little Precipitation. Permafrost
prevents draining into the soil.
Short, warm summers (high 120)
and long, cold winters
Little Precipitation
Subarctic
NO TREES! Low shrubs,
mosses, lichens, and permafrost
marshes
Northern evergreen forests
(Coniferous)
High Latitudes (coasts)
Tundra
Warm summers, cool to cold
winters. Varies based on the four
seasons
Long, cold winters and short, cool
summers (H.C springs)
Below freezing. Very COLD
Little Precipitation. Snow/Ice
all year!
NO VEGETATION!!!
High Latitudes (Polar regions)
Colder the higher the elevation.
Temp varies
Depends on latitude and
elevation changes
Forest to Tundra. Varies based
on elevation and latitude
High mountain region.
ANYWHERE
Humid Tropical
Tropical
Savanna
Mediterranean
Humid
Subtropical
Marine West
Coast
Humid
Continental
Ice Cap
Highland
Low Latitude (between the tropics)
High Latitudes (east coast and
interior of continents)