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    Default Climate zone map

    Hello,

    I am trying to make a climate zone map for a map I have been working on for a while. I have tried to keep it mostly realistic, but I think there might be some areas which could be improved.

    I have only done the Western continent for now. Some things I have noticed:

    The long mountain range on the East coast looks like it would attract precipitation from the north-easterlies, leaving a huge rain-shadow in the interior. This probably means there would be less rivers in the interior, and it would be mostly desert. Does it mean the mountain range on the West would also be unlikely to see much precipitation?

    The northern half the content has a large, flat plains-type area around 30-50 latitude. Would this be an arid climate, like those found in Central Asia? I imagine the area near the mountain range would see more precipitation due to the Westerlies.

    I wanted the area which is almost an inland sea to have a mediterranean climate, but I'm not sure how likely this is. I think there would be a large desert immediately above it. That Western peninsula around 30-60 latitude is also causing me problems. I think the coast would have a maritime western climate, but I don't know if that would extend across the whole peninsula.

    Any comments or suggestions would be great. Thanks!

    Key:
    Green - Rainforest and Savannah
    Yellow - Desert
    Orange - Mediterranean
    Light blue - Maritime West Coast
    Pink - Temperate continental
    Brown - Plains/Steppe/Cold desert (?)
    Purple - Cool Temperate East

    Last edited by davoush; 03-24-2017 at 08:05 PM.

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