Precipitation cm 40 0 38 0 36 0 34 0 32 0 30 0 28 0 26 0 240

Last updated: 3/11/2023

Precipitation cm 40 0 38 0 36 0 34 0 32 0 30 0 28 0 26 0 240 22 0 30 0 18 0 160 14 0 12 0 22299 80 Climograph G 60 40 20 00 JEMAMIA SOND 2 32 5 24 20 16 12 228 58 16 Tamperature 20 24 28 32 36 40 Precipitation cm Climograph H 40 0 38 0 36 0 34 0 32 0 30 0 24 0 26 0 24 0 720 25 0 18 0 16 0 14 0 12 0 10 0 8 0 6 0 4 0 2 0 C O IFMAMJJASON D Month Month Figure 9 8 Climograph Examples G on left and H on right 150 32 25 24 20 16 4 in 12 2 8 16 20 24 Elevation The final important control on climate is elevation As you learned when you studied orographic lifting under normal conditions temperatures decrease between 6 and 10 degrees Celsuis for every 1 000 meters that the elevation increases Locations on the windward side of mountains receive precipitation and locations on the leeward side of mountains are in the rainshadow 7 Compare the two climographs shown below Figure 9 9 Both locations are found at 48 North latitude Which climograph represents a location in the rainshadow of a mountain Explain your response in at least one sentence 0 Temperature