COOL TEMPERATE EASTERN MARGIN CLIMATIC REGION OR LAURENTIAN TYPE
CLIMATIC TYPE
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CHARACTERISTICS
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DISTRIBUTION (CONTINENT)
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SELECTED STATION (COUNTRY)
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Eastern margin (Laurentian type)
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Cold dry winters and warm wet summers with a fairly well distributed rainfall in drizzles.
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Best developed in North – eastern North America including the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada and the New England States of USA and also in North China, Manchuria, Korea and northern Japan.
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Montreal (Canada) New York (USA) and Peking (china).
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ARCTIC POLAR OR TUNDRA CLIMATIC REGION
CLIMATIC TYPE
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CHARACTERISTICS
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DISTRIBUTION (CONTINENT)
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SELECTED STATION
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Arctic polar (tundra)
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Long severe cold winter and brief cool summers with very light precipitation
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Barren grounds of Northern Canada and Alaska, coastal strip of Greenland and the arctic sea board of Eurasia.
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Upernavik (Greenland)
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