Sunlight strikes the Earth
It rains in the tropics --- lots.
Brazil
Movements of Air masses
falling air
rising air
rising air
falling air
Great deserts at around 30 degrees North and South
Egypt
Arizona
Movements of Air masses
falling air
rising air
rising air
falling air
1000 m up in elevation
6 degrees C drop in temperature
Elevation and Temperature
Albuquerquesame
elevation
725 km north
Denver
Elevation and Temperature
Elevation and Temperature
Latitude and Temperature
Latitude
Elevation
South Facing slope
North Facing Slope
Rain shadow
xeric face
mesic face
Sandia Mountains, northern New Mexico
Northern New Mexico
Semiarid Grassland
Pinon-Juniper scrub land
Tropical Rain Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Forest canopy, Peru
Tropical Rain Forest
Slash and burn
Tropical Rain Forest
Sonoran Desert, Arizona
Desert
Temperate Grasslands
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Taiga – Coniferous Forest
San Juan Wilderness area, Colorado
Alpine Tundra
Mount Rainier, Washington
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWAR)
Arctic Tundra
John Torrington, d. 1846
Permafrost
Distribution of Chaparral Biome
Southern California Coastal Chaparral
Mediterranean Chaparral
Spain
Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia
Kiamichi River, Oklahoma