Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being continental.
- noun In meteorology, the extent to which the climate of any spot agrees with the typical continental climate. As defined by Zenker this is measured by the annual range of temperature divided by the sine of the latitude; but he uses the are itself.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being a
continent - noun countable The degree to which the
climate of a place is affected by a large land mass
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Examples
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Were it not for Lake Victoria, Uganda would be a drier country due to continentality.
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In addition, some tree species show reduced responsiveness to increases in temperature with increasing continentality of their location and decreased precipitation [74] (section 14.7).
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Another important result of dendrochronological dating of large samples of subfossil wood is the ability to calculate the relative abundance of Siberian spruce in forest stands of the area, which is an index or proxy for the degree of continentality of the climate.
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Solar radiation, continentality, topography, and specific terrain features influence these fire-generating conditions.
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Were it not for Lake Victoria, Uganda would be a drier country due to continentality.
Climate of Uganda 2009
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The northward advance of the treeline reflected a series of other environmental changes in the Arctic, including increased solar insolation, reduced sea-ice cover in the Arctic Ocean, increased climate continentality, and a significant intrusion of warm North Atlantic water into the Arctic [5].
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All labs were computer-based no animal cadavers and I learned about continentality.
November 2008 2008
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All labs were computer-based no animal cadavers and I learned about continentality.
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All labs were computer-based no animal cadavers and I learned about continentality.
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The distribution of Pinus brutia is influenced by the sea: as continentality increases, Pinus brutia is replaced by P. nigra ssp. pallasiana.
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