Figure 17.21: Parts of South Korea lies in the humid continental climate zone. ( 28 )light, but temperatures are so cold that snowfall remains on the ground for months. Most
of the approximately 50 cm (20 inches) of annual precipitation falls during summer cyclonic
storms. The angle of the Sun’s rays is low but the Sun is visible in the sky for most or all
of the day, so temperatures may get warm, but are rarely hot. These continental regions
have very high annual temperature ranges. The climate of Fairbanks, Alaska is a typical
subarctic climate.
Figure 17.22: The location of the subpolar climate. ( 40 )The boreal coniferous forests of this climate are calledtaiga(Figure17.23). These vast
forests stretch across North America from western Alaska to Newfoundland, and across
Eurasia from Norway to the Pacific coast.