continental climate in English

noun
1
a relatively dry climate with very hot summers and very cold winters, characteristic of the central parts of Asia and North America.
The animals became extinct at the end of the ice age because the climate changed to a more continental climate , with colder winters and warmer summers, and drier conditions.

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1. Ankara has a continental climate; summers are

2. A continental climate is different from an insular one.

3. 6 A continental climate is different from an insular one.

4. 1 A continental climate is different from an insular one.

5. Under the Köppen climate classification, Harbin features a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Dwa).

6. Cappadocia has a continental climate, with warm/hot summers and cold winters, often with significant snow fall

7. The maritime climate produces more variable weather, ample precipitation in a variety of forms, greater humidity, lower visibility, more clouds, less sunshine, and higher winds than a continental climate.