World Climate and Climate Change

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What is a climatic region ?

Solution

A climatic region is defined as an area on the earth’s surface where an approximately homogenous set of climate condition is produced by combined effect of climatic controls.

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Question
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Into how many regions was the earth divided by the ancient Greeks?

Solution

The ancient Greeks divided the earth into three regions:

i. Winterless tropical regions.

ii. The summerless polar regions.

iii. Intermediate regions having both winter and summer.

Question
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State Koeppen's scheme of classification of climate.

Solution

The Koeppen's scheme of classification of climate are:
i. Koeppen identified a close relationship between the distribution of vegetation and climate.

ii. He selected certain values of temperature and precipitation and related them to the distribution of vegetation and used these values for classifying the climates.

iii. It is an empirical classification based on mean annual and mean monthly temperature and precipitation data. He introduced the use of capital and small letters to designate climatic groups and types.

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Which are the two well-known classifications of climates?

Solution

The two well-known climate classifications are:
1. Classification of climate by Koeppen,
2. Classification of climate by Trewartha.