Highland D Ice cap Su rroun ded and envelo ped by warm water, th e co u n tries of so u the rn North America ar e warm and wet. T he Eas te rn U.S. and most of Ca nada a re striped by clim ate zones offering ad equ ate pr ecip iran on and progressively lower tem perarures as o ne travels north, but the pat tcrn go es tops y-rurvy m the West , wh ere swirling an d a nd se rn ran d zo nes abut coasta l regIOn s in fluenced by bot h ram-bean ng wind s and cool ocean currents. See photograp hs taken in di fferenr kinds of eli mates on pages 24- 25. Hend erso n Lake C A N A DA Highest averag e annua l pr ecipitation: 256 " {650 c st. John's Annual Precipitation
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