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Which surface ocean current transports warm water to higher latitudes?
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Gulf Stream
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On a map of average annual temperature why are the lower latitudes so much warmer than the higher latitudes?
On a map of average annual temperature why are the lower latitudes so much warmer than the higher latitudes?
What are the prevailing surface winds at about 15 degrees north and south latitudes called?
The prevailing surface winds at about 15 degrees north and south latitudes are called the trade winds. In the northern hemisphere, they blow from the northeast, while in the southern hemisphere, they blow from the southeast. These steady winds are caused by the Earth's rotation and pressure differences between equatorial regions and higher latitudes.
What do higher latitudes climates become?
colder
Why are waters at the equator warmer than waters at higher latitudes?
Because the waters are heated throughout the whole year and not just in the summer as at higher latitudes.
Why are the waters at the equator warmer than waters at higher latitudes?
Because the waters are heated throughout the whole year and not just in the summer as at higher latitudes.
What applies to latitudes farther from the equator?
Latitudes farther from the equator have higher numbers. The equator is 'zero' latitude, and the poles are 90 degrees north and south.
Why do higher latitudes receive less solar radiation than lower latitudes?
high latitudes are blocked by clouds and lower latitude are not blocked by anything
when you are at lower latitudes are you at a higher location or lower?
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Why do hurricanes rarely from in higher latitudes?
Hurricanes form in warm tropical waters and the conditions aren't right in higher northern latitudes because the temperature of the water is cold.
Why do high latitude water lack a pycnocline?
Density variations of seawater with latitude are very similar to those for temperature variations with latitude. Because of the influence of temperature on seawater density, low latitudes exhibit lower densities at the surface that rapidly increase with depth. Higher latitudes exhibit little or no difference in density owing to the lack of a thermocline. Such a rapid change in density with depth is called a pycnocline, and like a thermocline is absent at higher latitudes.
Why do hurricanes happen between tropical latitudes and not an higher latitude?
Hurricanes depend on very warm ocean water to sustain themselves. The waters of higher latitudes are not warm enough.
What is a vast rolling treeless plain in higher latitudes known as?
tundra
