Student World Atlas (Maailma atlas)
D Subarctic
D Tundra
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
annaabi.ee 
