Trabajo de Ulises y Andrés 1º B

2. 1.Hot zone:
• Equatorial
• Tropical humid
• Tropical dry
• Desert
2.Temperate zone:
• Mediterranean
• Chinese
• Oceanic
• Continental
3.Cold zone:
• Polar
• Alpine

4. Equatorial climate
• Is located near the equator.
• Temperatures are always hot. The average annual temperature is 27ºC.
• Precipitation is abundant (more than 2000 mm) and regular all year round.
• They are large rivers due to the abundant precipitation
• There are rainforests that consists in a dense and evergreen forest
• The rainforest is home to animals like insects, snakes, monkeys, parrots…
• Rainforest are almost unhabited but some native people live there

5. • Is located between the equatorial climate and the tropical dry climate.
• Temperatures are always hot and the average annual temperature is 24ºC
• Precipitation is abundant but lower than 2000mm. There’s a short dry
season and a long rainy season.
• The rivers of this climate are large with irregular flow.
• The tropical rainforest is less dense than the equatorial rainforest.
• There are a lot of animals like orangutans, tigers, toucans…
• Most people live on the coast, plateaus or mountain sides because it’s
colder.

6. • Is located near the tropics.
• Temperatures are always high.
• Precipitation is more than 250mm . There’s a long dry season and short rainy
season.
• They are small rivers with irregular flow.
• The savannah is a huge plain with tall grass and scattered shrubs and trees.
• There’re many herbivores like giraffes , elephants and zebras and carnivores
like lions, hyenas and cheetahs.
• Most people live on the coast or near the rivers.

7. • Is located near the tropics.
• There’s a high thermal amplitude between day (more than 50ºC) and night
(below 0ºC)
• Precipitations is lower than 250mm a year.
• There are no rivers, only wadis.
• There are plants like cacti that have adapted to dry conditions.
• There’re animals adapted to dry conditions like camels and scorpions.
• There’s almost uninhabited but some nomads live in the desert like tuaregs.

9. • Is located around the Mediterranean and on the west coast of the continents.
• The temperature are very high in summer and mild in winter.
• Precipitation is not abundant, it rains in spring and autumn, summers are very
dry.
• The rivers are short with irregular flow.
• In the vegetation we can find the Mediterranean forest that have trees like
holm oaks and pines, and shrubs like lavender and thyme.
• There animals like rabbits, partridges, deer, wild pigs…
• Human beings have changed the landscape deeply.

10. • Is located in China and on the east coast of the continents.
• The temperatures are very high in summer and mild in winter.
• Precipitation is not abundant, it rains more in summer.
• There are large rivers with irregular flow.
• The Chinese forest has trees like bamboo.
• There are animals like panda bears.
• Human beings has landscape been changed. This zone is densely populated.

11. • Is located on the west coast of the continents.
• Temperatures are mild all year round because of the proximity of the ocean.
• Precipitation is abundant and regular.
• Rivers have abundant and regular flow all year round.
• The deciduous forest have trees like ash, oak and meadows and moors with
shrubs and grass.
• There are animals like wolves, deer, eagles…
• Human being have landscape changed considerably. Oceanic zones are
densely populated.

12. • Is located in the north of Europe, America and Asia.
• Temperatures vary greatly: winters are extremely cold, and summers are hot.
• It rains more in summer.
• River are frozen in winter and their flow increases in summer.
• The coniferous forest or taiga have trees like pine and fir. Prairies of tall grass
and steppes of low grass.
• There are animals like bears, reindeers, elks…
• This area thinly populated.

14. • Is located between the polar circles and the poles.
• Winters are long and harsh and there aren’t real summers.
• It rains a little bit, under 250mm a year.
• There are no rivers.
• Tundra is located in the areas near the temperate zones. It has moss and
lichens.
• There’re animals like polar bears, penguins, seals…
• This area is nearly uninhabited but small groups of Sami live.

15. • Is located in highest mountain ranges.
• Temperatures are very low in winter and cool in summer.
• Precipitation is abundant all year round. They increase with altitude.
• Rivers start in mountains (sources).
• Mountains have stepped vegetation, depending on the altitude.
• There are animals like mountains goats or eagles.
• Mountains are sparsely populated.