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How is distance from large bodies of water can afeect the temperature of nearby land areas?
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Water is generally slower than most solids to absorb or give up heat enery resulting a slower change of temperature. Thus large bodies of water tend moderate temperature of land masses. It follows that this effect will be less significant the further the land mass is from large bodies of water as the moderating effects will be reduced by heat transfer by areas of land closer to water and thus reduce the moderating effects of transfer of the medium through which it is carried, the air that travels from water to land.
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