Showing posts with label world climates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world climates. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

World biomes interactive map


Here you have an interactive map to learn about the location of the main biomes natural landscapes in the world. If you click on the image below, you will be directed to the website where you can click on every colour and learn where every type of vegetation is located: 


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/biomes_rev2.shtml

And here you have another link to  have a look on the natural landscapes that correspond to every climate:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/ecosystems/biomes_rev1.shtml



Some videos about world climates

Here you have some videos to review world climates:

- This video explains the climate zones in the world, which are determined by the amount of solar radiation the different areas of the world receive. In this way, there are three climate zones: hot zone, temperate zone and polar zone. We use the lines of the tropics and the polar circles to separate these zones:





- This video summarizes the main types of climates in the world. Some names are different from the ones we use in Spain, but the explanation of the features is good: