Father of Geography
eratosthenes
long-term pattern of weather
climate
short term changes
weather
In this zone, there are typically warm and humid summers with thunderstorms and mild winters.
environments with moderate rainfall spread across the year or portion of the year with sporadic drought, mild to warm summers and cool to cold winters
Temperate
These regions have warm to cool summers and very cold winters. In the winter, this zone can experience snowstorms, strong winds, and very cold temperatures—sometimes falling below -22°F (-30°C)!
Continental
it’s extremely cold. Even in summer, the temperatures here never go higher than 50°F (10°C)!
Polar
Selvas.
locally, amazon rainforest
GRASSLANDS
TROPICAL GRASSLANDS
PRAIRIES
STEPPES
IN TERMS OF TREES
A. TALL GRASS AND SCATTERED TREES
B. FEW TREES NEAR RIVERS
C. ALMOST NO TREES, VERY DRY
largest grassland in the world
savannah
largest hot desert in the world and the third largest overall.
sahara
largest COLD dessert in the world
antartic desrt
2nd largest COLD desert in the world
arctic desert
“Continental Drift”
alfred wegenner
largest country by size
Russia
Canada
china
Usa
brazil
hosts the world’s largest wildlife migration on Earth.
serengeti (tanzania)
america is named after
a
amerigo verpucci (italian)
There are no trees or shrubs in Antarctica, and there are only two flowering plants:
Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica) and Antarctic pearlwort (Colobanthus quitensis).
- The earth rotates from
west to east
we see the sun rise early and set late because
tilt of the axis is towards the sun.
- The prevailing wind system experienced in the Philippines is
Northeast and Southwest monsoon.
- The tilting of the Earth on its axis causes
seasons
northernmost island
mavulis island y’ami amianan
southernmost island
salauag island
westernmost island
palawan island
