Prairie region
Climate region
LOCATION of prairies
- This Region is located in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta,Manitoba.
- The Prairie's climate region is normally dry and hot, there is also a lot of farm land and crops that can obtain the heat of the climate region.
- The mean temperature in the coldest month is -9.4 degrees C at Lethbridge and -18.3 degrees C at Winnipeg. Summers are short and warm.
Tempature
- Mean temperatures for the warmest month are 16.1 degrees C at Edmonton and 19.7 degrees C at Winnipeg. Although dry, arctic air strong in winter, periodic Chinooks (strong, warm and dry westerlies that blow in from the Rockies) bring spring-like conditions to southern Alberta and, to a lesser extent, southern Saskatchewan, reducing snow cover and removing moisture from an already dry region.
- The ecozone’s climate is determined by its location in the heart of North America and by the neighboring Rocky Mountains, which block moisture-bearing winds from the Pacific.
- A water deficit is typical as the ecozone receives considerably less precipitation than other parts of Canada and the world. Annual precipitation is extremely variable, ranging from 250 mm in the arid grassland regions of southwest Saskatchewan and southeast Alberta to slightly less than 700 mm.
- Refrences- http://ecozones.ca/english/zone/Prairies/land.html, Google images
By: Christy Thomas and Connor Cosegrove