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Uploaded on Thursday 01 Mar 2012
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Temperature and precipitation in the Caspian Sea Region
Year:
2012
Author:
Original cartography by Philippe Rekacewicz (le Monde Diplomatique) assisted by Laura Margueritte and Cecile Marin, later updated by Riccardo Pravettoni (GRID-Arendal), Novikov, Viktor (Zoi Environment Network)
Description:
The Caspian Sea region is climatically diverse
encompassing the basins of the Volga and Ural rivers
in the North, the vast semi-arid and hot arid plains of
northern Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the east,
and the humid Caucasus and Elburz mountains in
the south-west. The Caspian Sea plays an important
role in atmospheric processes, regional water balance
and microclimate.
Climatic phenomena in the Caspian are linked to
the Northern Atlantic Oscillation (fluctuations in
atmospheric air pressure). These variations affect
temperatures, moisture and winter storms all across
Europe including the Volga basin, as well as rainfall over
the Caspian basin.
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