Características de los paisajes

Rainforest landscape:

*Temperatures are always hot. There is a very little variation between the day and the night and between the seasons.

*Precipitation is abundant, more than 2000 mm a year. It´s regular throughout the year.

Savannah landscape:

*Las temperaturas son siempre altas.

*La lluvia es abundante, entre 500 y 2.000 mm. Sin embargo, no es regular a través del año. Hay dos estaciones: la estación lluviosa y la estación seca.

Desert landscape:

En los climas desérticos, hay una muy pequeña precipitación, no más de 250 mm al año. Hay desiertos cálidos y desiertos fríos:

*Los desiertos cálidos se encuentran cerca de los trópicos. Por el día, las temperaturas son siempre muy altas y pueden alcanzar los 50ºC. Por la noche, ellas caen bruscamente, a veces menos de 0ºC.

*Los desiertos fríos están en las zonas templadas. Los veranos son muy calurosos alternando con los inviernos extremadamente fríos. Las temperaturas pueden bajar hasta -10ºC.

Mediterranean landscape:

*Temperatures are very high in summer and mild in winter.

*Precipitation is not abundant. It occurs mainly in spring and autumn. Summers are very dry. Droughts are a major problem.

Continental landscape:

*Temperatures vary greatly. Winters are extremely cold, and summers are hot.

*Precipitation generally occurs in summer. It is wetter on the coast than inland.

Oceanic landscape:

*Temperatures are mild all year round because of the proximity of the ocean.

*Precipitationis abundant and regular. It rains in all seasons. Consecuently, the rivers have an abundant and regular flow all year round.

Polar landscapes:

*Polar climates are the coldest on Earth. Winters are long and harsh with temperatures of between -20ºC and -50ºC.

*There is a little precipitation, around 300 mm, and it falls as snow.

Alpine landscapes:

*Temperatures are very low in winter and cool in summer.

*There is an abundant precipitation during the year. It oftens snows in winter.

*Temperatures and precipitation change with altitude. Temperatures grow colder as we go up the mountain. Precipitation also increases.