Look up: continentality

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   Continentality
   The distance between a site and open ocean water. Continental interiors (obviously!) and areas surrounded by nearly permanent, continuous sea ice are highly continental.
   Found on http://www.homepage.montana.edu/~geol445
   
   
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   Continentality
   The tendancy for the middle regions of continents to have a wider temperature range than coastal areas.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise
   
   
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   Continentality
   Climatic conditions associated with locations in the middle of large continents.
   Found on http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Towns
   
   
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   Continentality
   `Continentality` is a factor in the creation of a desert, it is the idea that as an area is very far from the sea there is more seasonal variation, making deserts more likely. Remoteness from the sea means that there is less chance of precipitation. Continentality affects and influences both temperature and rainfall (precipitation). It is an important factor in climographs. For example the Tassili Mountains of southern Algeria are almost 2000 km...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental
   
   
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   continentality
   (from the article `climate`) Continentality is a measure of the difference between continental and marine climates and is mainly the result of the increased range of temperatures ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/134