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Description
Title: | Global Climate Change and Illinois |
Author(s): | Illinois State Water Survey |
Subject(s): | Illinois climate
topography |
Abstract: | The climate of Illinois is greatly affected by the state's position in the middle of the North American continent, the third largest land mass on earth. The mountains in the western part of the continent are a formidable barrier to the prevailing westerly winds that circle the globe. But flat lands in the central United States permit air movement across the Midwest from both the frozen lakes of northern Canada and the warm Gulf of Mexico. The shape, size, and surface topography of North America set the stage for Illinois' climate. |
Issue Date: | 1991-10 |
Publisher: | Illinois State Water Survey |
Series/Report: | ISWS Miscellaneous Publication MP-131 |
Genre: | Technical Report |
Type: | Text |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/48929 |
Publication Status: | published or submitted for publication |
Peer Reviewed: | is peer reviewed |
Rights Information: | Copyright ... University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved. |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2014-04-30 |
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Miscellaneous Publications - Illinois State Water Survey
Monographic series published by the Illinois State Water Survey, 1955-date