CEW - Climate Regions Lesson

 

Climate Regions

There are many ways to classify climates. Ancient Greece classified climes, a region considered with reference to its climate, depending on latitude. Climate zones are areas with distinct climates which generally occur in the east-west direction around the Earth. According to older models, the Earth neatly separated itself into three distinct climate zones; the polar, temperate, and the tropical zones.

As new information and technology has become available, new classification systems have been developed. These systems are divided into two methods: genetic and empiric. Genetic climate classification focuses on the causes of climate such as frequency of different air mass types. Empiric classifications focus on the effects of climate which include climate zones and Köppen climate classification.

The most current system is based off of the Köppen climate classification system, but has been updated to include more details and includes the following climate zones: Tropical Rainy, Dry, Temperate Marine, Temperate Continental, Polar, and Highlands. Each climate zone has its own unique combination of temperature and precipitation.

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