Climate Regions of North America – Flashcards

hot, humid weather - Southern Florida and Hawaii

mild, wet winters and dry, hot summers - California

means relating to the sea - moist and rainy climate near the coast - Pacific Northwest. A strip of land extending from southern Alaska to northern California

temperatures cool for most of the year, and snow remains on many summits - Cascades, Sierra Nevada's and Rocky Mountains

regions covered in bushes and short grasses receive little rainfall - East of the Rockies in Canada and United States

climates receive the least rainfall - southeast of the Sierra Nevada and southwest United States

mild summers and cold winters - receive more precipitation than those living in the steppe - nearly half of the United States

hot, usually humid summers and mild to cool winters. Lower southeastern United States

cold climates - a vast rolling plain without trees - summers brief and warm, winters cold and snow filled. - Northwest Alaska and Upper Canada

cold climates - some of the most extreme seasonal temperature variations found on the planet. The summers are short; no more than three months of the year. Northwest Alaska and Upper Canada