Weather. Continental climate is the characteristic climate 

 of land areas separated from the moderating influence of 

 the oceans by distance or mountain barriers, marked by 

 relatively large daily and seasonal changes in temperature. 

 Oceanic climate is the characteristic type of climate of land 

 areas near oceans which have a moderating influence on the 

 range of variations in temperature. 



Climatic Climax 



The Climax (q. v.) that develops on land (moderately 

 rolling to level) that is neither excessively nor inadequately 

 drained in a region, so that the major environmental condi- 

 tions affecting organisms are climatic, e.g., the beech-maple 

 forest in southern Michigan. Theoretically, the ultimate 

 phase of ecological development of communities that the 

 climate of a given region will permit, cf. Monoclimax, 

 Edaphic climax, Polyclimax. 



Climatic Factors 



Atmospheric or meteorological conditions which collec- 

 tively make up the Climate (q. v.) cf. Biotic factor, Edaphic 

 factor, Factor ecological. 



Climatic Formation 



(1) The major vegetation type in a region, e.g., the 

 temperate climatic grassland comprising the prairie and 

 plains grassland in the United States and Canada, cf. Biome. 

 (2) A complex of communities which are geographically 

 linked with one another because of climatic conditions, an 

 extremely complex vegetation unit. cf. Climatic climax. 



Climatic Region 



One of the main portions of the earth's surface delimited 

 on the basis of Climate such as the polar, temperate, sub- 

 tropical, and tropical; each with subdivisions. 



Climatograph 



See Climograph. 



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