Warm temperate Interior Climate
-Also called Steppe Type.
It’s found in the interior of continents in the following areas (grasslands):
- Steppe Land of U.S.S.R.
- Veldt of S Africa.
- Prairie lands of Canada and U.S.A.
- Pampas lands of Argentina.
- Downs of Australia.
Characteristics
- Warm short temperatures between 18-21◦c.
- Long winters with extremely low temperatures due to continentality which can fall up to -20◦c.
- Precipitation is received all the year round.
- Most rainfall is received in summer and snow precipitation in winter.
- Rainfall is moderate with annual mean of 500mm.
- Summer rainfall is caused by convection and depressions.
- There is high humidity in summer.
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