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A forest at the base of the Tien Shan mountains. Read the article below to find out more.

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Tien Shan: Tien Shan, great mountain system of Central Asia. Its name is Chinese for "Celestial Mountains." Stretching about 1,500 miles (2,500 km) from west-southwest to east-northeast, it mainly straddles the border between China and Kyrgyzstan and bisects the ancient territory of Turkistan. It is about 300

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Only found in Mountainous areas in the SW Asia region. This climate is Cold all year round due to it only being on mountainous areas. It has not a lot of variety when it comes to wild life.

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A small portion in SW Asia is covered by this climate. It has very hot summers and very cold winters. It also has a variety of wildlife.

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Wladimir Köppen, a Russian-German climatologist, defined a humid continental climate to be a climatic region which is identified by large differences in seasonal temperatures. According to Köppen's definition which was given in 1900, such areas experience warm to hot summers that are often humid and cold to sometimes frigid cold winters. Besides, precipitation within such climatic regions tend to be well distributed all year round.Regarding this definition, the coldest month experiences a mean temperate of 26.6 °F while at least four months experience an average temperature of 50 °F or above. However, a region experiencing humid continental climatic must not be arid or semi-arid. According to the Köppen-Geiger-Pohl system, the humid continental climate is divided into Dfa, Dfb, Dwa and Dwb subtypes which are also called hemiboreal.

Definition Of Humid Continental Climate

The climate regime which is determined by climatological averages through a period of 30 years uses a three letter code. The first letter code always begins with the capital letter D. The letter that follows is either f: does not meet either of the alternative specifications, s: dry summer or w: dry winter. The last letter is either a: warmest month whose averages are over 71.6 °F or b: does not meet the requirement for 'a' but comprises of four months above 50 °F

Areas That Experience Humid Continental Climate

The humid continental climate is found somewhere between 30° and 60° North in the northeastern and central regions of Asia, Europe, and North America. Since the Southern Hemisphere comprises of a larger ocean area as well as the consequent greater maritime moderation, a humid continental climate is less likely to be found in this region. Therefore, the humid continental climate together with the continental subarctic climate are phenomena primarily experienced in the Northern Hemispheric regions. Humid continental climate in places such as Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Scandinavia are heavily influenced by maritime influences experiencing below freezing mark winters and relatively cool summers. The American Midwest and Southern Siberia experience more extreme humid continental climates comprising of colder winters and hotter summer maxima compared to the marine-based variety. In areas like Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the humid continental climate features both strong subarctic and subtropical air mass, but it primarily depends on the season. For example, frigid winters and the hot and humid summers.

Precipitation In A Humid Continental Climate

Precipitation in humid continental climatic regions is derived from either frontal cyclones or convectional showers which occur when maritime tropical air pushes northward behind the retreating polar front.Due to such connective activity, a good number of regions experience distinct summer precipitation maximum. However, it is not uncommon to find more uniform patterns. Early summer occurrences include severe cases of tornadoes and thunderstorms especially when the polar front happens to be in the Dfa region's southern margin. On the other hand, winter precipitation mostly occurs in snow form where from one to four months a continuous snow cover is established in a majority of the region especially the north. More often than not, the snow starts falling in conjunction with high winds coming from a severe frontal cyclone resulting to a blizzard.

Vegetation In A Humid Continental Climate

By definition, the type of vegetation that thrives in a humid continental climate are forests. The biomes that do well within this type of climate regime include coniferous forests, temperature deciduous, temperate woodlands, temperate evergreen forests and temperate grasslands. In wetter areas of the humid continental climatic regions vegetation such as fir, spruce, oak, and pine are present, and during autumn seasons falling foliage is noted.

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Wladimir Köppen, a Russian-German climatologist, defined a humid continental climate to be a climatic region which is identified by large differences in seasonal temperatures. According to Köppen's definition which was given in 1900, such areas experience warm to hot summers that are often humid and cold to sometimes frigid cold winters.

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A VERY small portion of SW Asia is Humid Subtropical. This climate has mild winters and humid summers with a very diverse wildlife and plant life.

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Song - Beautiful Stranger by F(x) None of the material in this video belongs to me. The rights all go to their respective owners. This was for a Science project.

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Covers a wide margin of SW Asia. Have some plant life and a small diversity of wild life.

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This body of water brings lots of food to near by villages.

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Large parts of Southeast Asia have arid climates. Few plants can survive in these climates, and sandy deserts often develop.

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There are relatively few large mammals in deserts because most are not capable of storing sufficient water and withstanding the heat. Deserts often provide little shelter from the sun for large animals. The dominant animals of warm deserts are nonmammalian vertebrates, such as reptiles. Mammals are usually small, like the kangaroo mice of North American deserts.

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Mountains like these are everywhere in SW Asia. Caused from forced beneath earth surface.

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This river and many others like it have provide a vital but limited source of water.

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A Drying up body of water. SW Asia has many large body's of water.

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Aral Sea: The sea that dried up in 40 years - BBC News