Does anyone know what the link is between longitude and precipitation?

Question

I'm stuck on my assignment.

Answer 1

Longitude? Why would that affect precipitation? That's like saying it's rainier in Moscow, Jerusalem, and Swaziland than it is in New York, Havana, and Rio. Hmmm - I'd be stuck on your assignment too :( Good luck!

Answer 2

Absolutely no link at all. A longitude is measurement of east-west position on a globe. Precipitation is water falling on the ground, whether liquid or frozen.

If you are stuck on your assignment you should be more careful using super glue

Answer 3

You certainly mean latitude.

There is definitely a relationship between latitude and precipitation. Just near the equator, you have tropical rainforests that depend on the cycles of humidity and the large circular flow of air that depletes deserts from water moisture. That same cycle originates a circular band of deserts above and below the equator (check it out in a globe). At higher latitudes you have temperate climates and then ice. Of course, in some places, local climate also depends on topography (the Indian monsoon and the Himalayas, for instance). For better information on the global cycle of the atmosphere check an educational geophysics site.

Answer 4

There is no link whatsoever with Longitude. this is the east west direction....do you mean Latitude (the NS direction)?

If it is Latitude the wettest parts are the tropics (cancer and capricorn) the driest are those parts just north or the tropics (where the sahara desert is (in the north))

Then you get wet again in the temperate zones ie where the UK is

Answer 5

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