CLIMATE AND VEGETATION IN SPAIN. English

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CLIMATE AND VEGETATION IN SPAIN A.- ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE Climate includes the statistics of temperature, precipitation and wind: -

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Temperature: it is the measurement of hot and cold air in the atmosphere. It is measured in grade centigrade with a thermometer. There are hot climates (equator), temperate climate (North and South of the equator) and cold climate ( in the Poles) Precipitation: it is any product of condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls. It is measured in mm with the pluviometer. There are dry and humid climates. Wind: it is the movement of the air. Its speed is measured in Km/h with the anemometer and its direction with the weathercock.

B.- FACTORS OF CLIMATE They are the mechanisms which work on the elements of climate and produce variations. They can be geographical factors or atmospheric factors: - Geographical factors: they are Latitude, which is the distance (in degrees, minutes and seconds) between any point on the Earth and the Equator. Temperature decreases as we travel away from the Equator Vicinity to the sea: in coastal places the weather is mild because of the sea humidity Altitude and relief: in high places with mountains, temperatures tend to be lower and it rains more. - Atmospheric factors: they influence the movement of masses of cold and hot, dry and wet air which produce depression-squall (rain) and anticyclone (dry weather)


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