Question

The humid continental climate was defined by whom?
1. Wladimir Koppen
2. Helmut Landsberg
3. Otto Tetens
4. Christian Heinrich Erndel

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Wladimir Koppen

The correct answer is Wladimir Koppen.

• Wladimir Koppen was a German-Russian geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist who defined the humid continental climate in 1900.
• It is characterized by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters.
• Temperatures here range from  −3 °C to 10 °C.
• This type of climate is found within the central and northeastern portions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Maple, spruce, pine, fir, and oak can be found.
• The humid continental climate is a subtype of the middle latitudes (also called the mid-latitudes, midlatitudes, or moderate latitudes) type of climate.
• It is located between the tropics and the polar circles (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle, and between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle).
• Mediterranean, humid subtropical and marine west coast are the other types of middle latitudes.