Temperate zone
![Temperate Zone](/assets/images/graphics/temperate_zone_three_columns_of_four.png)
Characteristics
- Area
- Between the cold zone and the subtropical zone (40° to 60°)
- Sun path
- Maximum 73°, minimum 0° (at Arctic Circle)
- Average temperature
- Between 0 and 20°C
- Minimal temperature
- -40°C
- Maximal temperature
- +40°C
- Radiation
- The balance is negative
- Daylength
- 4 to 16 hours
8 to 12 hours at 50°N
- 4 to 16 hours
- Precipitation
- From 300 to 2000 mm, average 800 mm
- Climate
- Warm and cold temperate
- Vegetation
- Deciduous forests, warm temperate forests, savannah
- Properties
- Extreme temperature and precipitation is rare
Places
Berlin
(Capital from Germany)
![Situation of Berlin](/assets/images/graphics/situation_berlin_one_column_of_three.png)
Edmonton
(Canadian province of Alberta)
![Situation of Edmonton](/assets/images/graphics/situation_edmonton_one_column_of_three.png)
Astana
(Capital from Kazakhstan)
![Situation of Astana](/assets/images/graphics/situation_astana_one_column_of_three.png)