Climate Regions – The Tundra
The first climate region we are looking at is the Tundra. The Tundra is located near
the top of the world and covers around 1/7th of the Earths surface. It is one of the
coldest and harshest places in the world and is the most fragile climate region on
Earth.
We already know that the Tundra is cold because the suns rays are scattered over a
larger surface area than at the Equator. Also the heat from the sun has to pass
through a larger area of atmosphere and so a lot of this heat is either absorbed or
reflected back out to space.
What is another reason why the Tundra is so cold?
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Task 1
Shade in the map below showing the distribution of the Tundra in BLUE. Use the
display on the board to help you with this.
Q1. Describe the distribution of the Tundra from your map using named locations of
continents (and countries if you can).
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