ALPINE CLIMATE II

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WORLD CLIMATES


AMAYA URDÁNOZ, NORA SATÓSTEGUI AND LORETO TAINTA


TEMPERATE ZONE

It is between the tropics and the polar circles. Paste here a map of the climate zone

Alpine


Alpine climate is on very high areas


Alpine


ALPINE TEMPERATURES: Are low in winter. Cool in summer Change with altitude

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PRECIPITATION: Abundant during the year. Snow in winter. Change with altitude


In the Alpine climate, whenever you raise 100 meters the temperature decrease 0,6 degrees


ALPINE VEGETATION: Changes with altitude. There is less vegetation in windy places. Vegetation on sunny slopes is different from the vegetation on shady slopes.


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