Image List                                       Chapter 17  -  Global Climate


Phenomenon (KÖppen Climate type) Images
Af (tropical rain forest)

Brazilian Rain Forest

Aw (tropical wet and dry)

Rainbow in Cuiaba, Brazil, Rainfall Histogram for Cuiaba

BWh Climate (arid, hot) (14% of land)

Sahara Desert, MoroccoArabian Desert, Dallol Depression

BWk (arid, cold) (12% of land)

Gobi Desert in China

BSh (semi-arid, hot)

Cotton Field in West Texas

BSk (semi-arid, cold)

Near Escalante, Utah

Salt Flats, Utah's Driest Location

Cs (Mediterranean - moist with mild winters, dry hot summers)

Monterossa, Italy

Csa (moist, mild winter, long hot dry summer)

Near Fresno, California

Csb (moist mild winters, long cool summers) Agricultural Region in Western Oregon
Cfb (moist all year, mild winters, long cool summers) Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Cfc (moist all year, mild winters, short cool summers) Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska
Cwa (moist, dry winters, long hot summer) Canyon in Southern Nepal
Cfa (moist, subtropical) Country Scene in Uruguay
Dfa (moist all year, cold winters, long hot summers) Des Moines River, Iowa
DFb (moist all year, cold winters, long cool summers) Duluth, Minnesota
Dfc (moist all year, cold winters, short cool summers) Nahanni National Park, Northwest Territories
ET (polar tundra) Devon Island, Nunavut,  Near Barrow, Alaska
EF (polar icecap) Chillin' on the Greenland IcecapAntarctica Near Mt. Erebus
H (highland) Emerald Lake, North Side of Timpanogos Ridge
American Fork Canyon