GEOG 1001 Chapter : TUESDAYY GEOG Okeefe
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2nd lecture physical geography and environment united states climate zones. Humid subtropical: coastal humid the very southern tip of florida is only tropical never gets to cold or frosted. Highland climate: tempertature drops the higher you go up the mountain (rocky mountains) Climate is driven by the sun and earth but gases mainly drive the climate. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere traps more heat. The anthropocene: the era of people producing environments to live in, people affecting the atomosphere. Orographic- rainfall produced when a moving moist air mass encounters a mountain range. Pushes it up into the air on one side of the mountain that"s why one of the sides of the mountain is dry and ones wet. Frontal- rainfall caused by the interaction of large air masses of different temperatures. Convectional - caused by rising warm air that includes moisture (thunderstorms). Hot hot ground hot moisture into the clouds makes thunderstorms.
