Semihumid climate
Semihumid climate , also semi-humid , (from the Latin prefix semi - "half-" and based on French humid "moist", with the same meaning from Latin umidus "moist, wet, watery") is the name for the climate of a region , in which the amount of precipitation in a year is on the long-term average in 6 to 9 months above the possible amount of evaporation . In this semi-humid climate, the annual precipitation is between 500 and 1000 mm, limited plant growth is possible. Arid and humid conditions alternate, and humid conditions prevail in more than six months.
In contrast, there are semi-arid climates in which evaporation exceeds the amount of precipitation in 6 to 9 months, as well as fully humid and arid climates in which the amount of precipitation exceeds or falls below evaporation almost all year round.
Areas with a semi-humid climate are mostly subject to changing influences of the planetary circulation in the course of the year . The semi-humid climate of the humid savannas in the tropics , for example , is determined by the monsoons for the majority of the months , but there is a pronounced dry season in between .
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- ↑ Nadja Podbregar, Karsten Schwanke , Harald Frater: Weather, Climate, Climate Change: Knowledge for a world in upheaval . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-79291-8 , p. 246.
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- ^ Semihumid in the lexicon of geosciences on spectrum.de
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