Essay Archive - Circulation Systems Over China
Circulation Systems Over China
Introduction: The Earth's atmosphere is in continuous motion: movement which is
attempting to balance the constant differences in pressure and temperature
between different parts of the globe. It is this motion which carries water from
the ocean to the continents to provide precipitation and moves heat energy from
the tropical regions toward the poles, warming the high latitudes. It is this
circulation which plays a basic part in maintaining a steady state in the
atmosphere and generating the climatic zones which characterise different parts
of the earth. China, from its latitudinal location, mostly bel....
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