Climate, considered especially in relation to man / by Robert DeCourcy Ward.

  • Robert DeCourcy Ward
Date:
[1908], [©1908]
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Credit: Climate, considered especially in relation to man / by Robert DeCourcy Ward. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and gradually diminishes towards the southeast, and has a marked summer maximum. 4. West Siberian Province. This is separated from 3 by the limit of the positive annual isanomal- ous lines, which practically coincide with the Urals. The characteristic jDcculiarities of 3 are found here greatly emphasised, and the greater variability of temperature is to be noted. 5. East Siberian Province. A gradual rising of the ground is found east of the Yenisei, with low ]3lains only along the rivers. The winter cold pole is here, and the yearly range of temperature is a maximum. As a rule, the rainfall is small. 6. Kamchatkan Province. The sea diminishes the temperature extremes noted in Province 5, and much rain falls. 7. Sino-Japanese Province. On the continent, relatively wxll-marked winter cold, and strong peri- odical rains. In Japan, these peculiarities are less extreme. 8. Asiatic Mountain and Plateau Province. This includes all the lofty plateaus bounded by mountain ranges, which shield it on every side, and so render it very dry. The great height makes the winter temperature severe; but the summer heat is great, owing to the continental position. The daily, as well as the j^earl}^, range of temperature is very marked. 9. Aral Province. Dry, low-lying plain, with the greatest rainfall in the north in summer, and in the