What type of climate would you likely encounter as you traveled from a marine climate equatorward along a coastline? Where is an example of this climate type in North America?
What will be the ideal response?
ANSWER: Moving equatorward of marine climates, the influence of subtropical highs becomes greater, and the summer dry period more pronounced. Gradually, the climate changes from marine to one of dry-summer subtropical (Cs), which is also called Mediterranean. Along the west coast of North America, Portland, Oregon—because it has rather dry summers—marks the transition between the marine climate and the dry-summer subtropical climate to the south.
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