Climate Geography of North America
By Carter Ehlen
Humid- Continental
source:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/High_School_Earth_Science/World_Climates
Michigan
Atlantic Ocean
ocean separating North & S. America from Europe & Africa area 31,814,640 square miles (82,399,918 square kilometers), often divided into North Atlantic Ocean &South Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Humid-Subtropical
source:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_humid_subtropical.png
Florida
Gulf Stream
warm current in North Atlantic flowing from Gulf of Mexico NE along United States coast to Nantucket & thence eastward
Gulf of Mexico
Tropical-Savanna
source:http://www.ducksters.com/science/ecosystems/rainforest_biome.php
Thunderstorm
noun
: a storm with lightning and thunder
Frost
Steppe Climate
Great Plains
Tornados
noun
: a violent and destructive storm in which powerful winds move around a central point
Dust Storm
Desert
Arizona
Rain Shadow
a region of reduced rainfall on the lee side of high mountains
Marine-West-Coast
Maine
Seasons
a period of the year characterized by or associated with a particular activity or phenomenon <hay fever season>: as (1) : a period associated with some phase or activity of agriculture (as growth or harvesting) (2) : a period in which an animal engages in some activity (as migrating or mating); also : estrus, heat (3) : the period normally characterized by a particular kind of weather <a long rainy season> (4) : a period marked by special activity especially in some field <tourist season> <hunting season> (5) : a period in which a place is most frequented
Mediterranean climate
Oregon
Winter
noun
: the coldest season of the year that is after autumn and before spring
Humid-Tropical
source:http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/High_School_Earth_Science/World_Climates
Mexico
Leeward
noun
: the side that is sheltered from the wind : the lee side
Subarctic
Alaska
Snow
noun,
: soft, white pieces of frozen water that fall to the ground from the sky in cold weather
Tundra
source:http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Alaskan_tundra
Alaska
Winter
noun
: the coldest season of the year that is after autumn and before spring