Which of the following characterizes a tropical savanna climate?
A) It experiences a summer wet season.
B) Its annual temperature variability is less than that of the tropical rain forest.
C) The suns direct rays are overhead (subsolar point) twice each year.
D) It is dominated by the ITCZ for nearly 12 months of the year.
E) All months receive precipitation in excess of 6 cm (2.4 in.).
Question 2
A snowline refers to
A) the latitude demarcating the extent of glacial ice during the last glacial maximum.
B) the elevation at which snow accumulation ceases, marking the uppermost point of a glacier.
C) an isoline demarcating the extent of snow or ice on a weather map.
D) the lowest elevation where winter snow accumulation persists throughout the summer.
E) the latitude or elevation at which winter snow accumulates each year.
(a) Large buttress roots in a tropical rain forest
African bush (savanna) elephant in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
Desertification and Climate Change
Changing Patterns of Climate increased drought
World Climate Zones