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Humid Tropical
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Warm with High amounts of rain year-round; in a few places, monsoons create extreme wet seasons
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Tropical Savanna
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Warm all year: distinct rainy and dry seasons: at least 20 inches of rain during the summer
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Desert
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Sunny and dry: less than 10 inches of rain a year: hot in the tropics: cooler with wide daytime...
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Steppe
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about 10-20 inches of precipitation a year: hot summers and cooler winters with wide temperature...
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Mediterranean
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dry, sunny, warm summers: mild, wetter winters; rain averages 15-20 inches a year
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humid subtropical
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Humid with hot summers and mild winters; rain year-round in paths of hurricanes and typhoons
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Marine West Coast
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Cloudy, mild summers and cool, rainy winters; strong ocean influence
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Humid Continental
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Four distinct seasons; long, cold winters and short, warm summers; average precipitation varies
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subarctic
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extremes of temperature; long, cold winters and short, warm summers; little precipitation
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tundra
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cold all year; very long, cold winters and very short, cool summers; little precipitation;...
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Ice Cap
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Freezing cold; snow and ice; little precipitation
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Highland
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Wide range of temperatures and precipitation amounts, depending on elevation and location
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