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Climate Factors - Coggle Diagram
Climate Factors
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mountain/barriers/relief
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A mountain range like Rockies can create a barrier to prevailing winds. Water moist air rises up because the mountain forces it up. The warm arm cools condenses and creates precipitation. So one the windward side gets lots of rain and the leeward side is dry sometimes even a desert
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wind and air masses
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Cold air comes from the poles and warm air comes from the equator, wind systems spin because the earth is rotating on its axis, Much of the warm air masses come from the over water because water holds heat better than land, so the wind systems are like an energy distribution system they balance out the atmosphere by redistributing heat from the equator and cold form poles.
The equator is rotating at 1600 km/hr it is spinning faster than any other latitude. As you move away from the equator your rotational speed slows down. This means that wind travelling away from the equator toward the north will veer to the east as it is travelling faster than the earth beneath it. This is why storm systems spin in a circle. This means Hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere will spin counter clock wise
elevation
The higher up you are on a mountain the colder the weather is,
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The higher up you go the farther apart air molecules are, few molecules means that higher elevation are colder because there are fewer particles to trap heat.
The sun doesn't really warm the air directly.
Latitude
Latitude measures the distance south or north of the equator. Latitude is measured in degrees. In areas that have higher latitudes since they are farther from the equator, the energy from the sun is spread over a large are and is less concentrated.
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When there is higher latitudes, the sun rays are less direct
Ocean Currents
If you live near a warm current you will have warmer wetter climate, if you live next to the cold ocean current you will have colder dryer climate.
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Ocean current are massive flows of water, 90% of the worlds current are cold currents. Cold currents come from the poles and warm currents come from the equator, Ocean currents are energy distribution system. Ocean currents move in circular patterns because the earth is spinning on it axis.
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