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Factors Affecting Climate

This document discusses five key factors that affect climate: distance from the sea, altitude, latitude, topography, and ocean currents. Latitude affects climate because sunlight hits the Earth's surface at different angles depending on your distance from the equator. Altitude influences temperature, with higher altitudes experiencing lower temperatures. Topography such as mountains can impact precipitation levels. Ocean currents, whether warm or cold, also impact nearby climates. These five geographic factors all influence the average weather conditions in a given location.

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Factors Affecting Climate

This document discusses five key factors that affect climate: distance from the sea, altitude, latitude, topography, and ocean currents. Latitude affects climate because sunlight hits the Earth's surface at different angles depending on your distance from the equator. Altitude influences temperature, with higher altitudes experiencing lower temperatures. Topography such as mountains can impact precipitation levels. Ocean currents, whether warm or cold, also impact nearby climates. These five geographic factors all influence the average weather conditions in a given location.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

DECODE ME!
WEATHER
is the day to day
condition of the
atmosphere
ALTITUDE
height above a certain
level and especially
above sea level /
CLIMATE
is the average weather
in a given area over a
longer period of time
TEMPERATURE
is a measure of the
amount of heat
energy possessed by
CURRENT
are the continuous,
predictable, directional
movement of OCEAN driven
by gravity, wind and water
LATITUDE
Also known as parallels;
measurement of distance
north or south of the
Equator
TOPOGRAPHY
study of the forms and
features of land surfaces
WEATHER
➢ DAY TO DAY CONDITION OF THE
ATMOSPHERE AT A PARTICULAR
PLACE.
➢ HAPPENS OVER SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME
WEATHER
WEATHER
CLIMATE
➢ AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITION IN
AN AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME
TROPICAL CLIMATE
TEMPERATE CLIMATE
POLAR CLIMATE
LATITUDE
• DISTANCE IN DEGREES
(NORTH AND SOUTH) FROM
THE EQUATOR.
LATITUDE
• SUNLIGHT HITS
EARTH’S SURFACE
AT DIFFERENT
ANGLES BECAUSE
OF ITS SPHERICAL
SHAPE AND IT IS
TILTED AT 23.5
DEGREES.
LATITUDE
LATITUDE
ALTITUDE
• IT REFERS TO THE
DISTANCE OF A REGION
ABOVE SEA LEVEL
ALTITUDE
• THE HIGHER
THE
ALTITUDE
THE LOWER
THE
TEMPERATU
RE
ALTITUDE
DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
• THE CLIMATE OF THE PLACE IS
INFLUENCED BY THE
SURROUNDING BODIES OF WATER.
• SOIL ABSORBS HEAT FASTER THAN
WATER AT THE SAME TIME, SOIL
RELEASES HEAT FASTER
COMPARED TO WATER.
DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
TOPOGRAPHY
• IT DESCRIBES THE PHYSICAL
FEATURES OF AN AREA OF LAND
SUCH AS MOUNTAINS, VALLEYS,
HILLS AND OTHER LANDFORMS.
• MOUNTAINOUS AREAS GREATLY
AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF
PRECIPITATION IN A CERTAIN
REGION.
TOPOGRAPHY

WINDWARD SIDE LEEWARD SIDE


OCEAN CURRENTS
• IT IS A STREAM OF WATER
THAT FLOWS IN A DEFINITE
PATH (USUALLY IN LOOPS).
• OCEAN CURRENTS MAYBE
WARM OR COLD.
OCEAN CURRENTS
The Coriolis Effect is named after French mathematician and
physicist Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis.
FIVE FACTORS AFFECTING THE CLIMATE
➢DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
➢ALTITUDE
➢LATITUDE
➢TOPOGRAPHY
➢OCEAN CURRENTS

D’ ALTO

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