TEMPERATE CLIMATES MILD CLIMATES OF THE WORLD TYPES

TEMPERATE CLIMATES MILD CLIMATES OF THE WORLD

TYPES OF TEMPERATE CLIMATES u COOL OCEANIC CLIMATE (IRELAND) u WARM TEMPERATE (MEDITERRANEAN) CLIMATE u TEMPERATE MEANS MILD…. NOT TOO HOT AND NOT TOO COLD)

LOCATIONS u THESE ARE FOUND 30 – 60 DEGREES NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR

TEMPERATE CLIMATES = YELLOW AREAS

COOL TEMPERATE CLIMATE u THIS TYPE OF CLIMATE IS FOUND IN 45 – 60 NORTH AND SOUTH OF EQUATOR u EG: NORTH WEST OF EUROPE, SOUTH WEST CANADA, SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND

SOUTH WEST CANADA NORHT WEST EUROPE SOUTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND

CLIMATE CONDITIONS TEMPERATURES ARE MILD ALL YEAR ROUND u TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM 17 DEGREES IN SUMMER TO 4 DEGREES IN WINTER u LOTS OF PERCIPITATION ALL YEAR ROUND u WEST OF IRELAND GETS ABOUT 1800 MM u EAST OF IRELAND GETS ABOUT 700 MM u

RAIN MAP FOR IRELAND WHICH PART OF IRELAND GETS THE MOST RAIN?

SATELLITE MAP OF IRELAND: HOW DO WE KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF RAIN THAT DAY

VEGETATION u IN PAST NATURAL VEGETATION OF THESE AREAS WAS DECIDUOUS FOREST u EG: ASH, OAK, BEECH (MOST NOW HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN) u ANIMALS: WOLVES, DEER, WILD BOAR (MOST OF THESE TO HAVE GONE) u TODAY : HARES, FOXES, RABBITS

OAK TREE

BEECH TREE IN THE SUNSET

ASH TREES IN AUTUMN

MOST WILD DEER HAVE BEEN HUNTED TO EXTINCTION IN EUROPE

A RESTING WILD BORE

WOLVES ONCE ROAMED IRELAND…. . BUT NOT ANYMORE

PEOPLE OF THE TEMPERATE REGIONS THE SOIL IN THESE AREAS ARE VERY RICH AND FERTILE u THIS MEANS THAT FARMING HAS ALWAYS BEING IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE HERE u TYPES OF FARMING EG: u DAIRYING u SHEEP u CATTLE u MARKET GARDENING u

A DAIRY FARM A CATTLE FARM

MILKSHEDS ON A DAIRY FARM

A HOTHOUSE FOR A MARKET GARDEN FARM

HARVESTING THE CROPS IN LATE SUMMER

OTHER INDUSTIRES u FISHING WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE OF NORHT WEST EUROPE u FISH CAUGHT EG. COD, HERING ETC

COD HERRING