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cold desert climate

climate type that features hot, dry summers and cold, dry winter, typically found at higher altitudes in temperate zones in the rain shadow of high mountains which restrict precipitation from westerly winds
Class type of: desert climate Q23662277

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
category in the Köppen climate classification systems
Subclass of
desert climate[2]
Code
BWk[4]
Opposite of
hot desert climate[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en BWk en cold desert climate ar مناخ صحراوي بارد de kaltes Wüstenklima es clima árido frío ja 低温砂漠気候 ms iklim gurun sejuk nl koud woestijnklimaat ru климат холодных пустынь ru холодный аридный климат ru холодный пустынный климат ru холодный сухой климат
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/cold-desert
Environment Ontology ID
01000382
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11h4bv8x5d

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Summary

cold desert climate is a category in the Köppen climate classification systems[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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