Climates, Landscapes and Life Series (2 Parts)

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2003

Year of production

2001

Subjects

Geography

Keywords

climate; human geography; landscapes; polar regions; tropical climates

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£29.94 each part of £49.95 together

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

26 minutes each

Year

2004

Type

VHS

Format

PAL

Price

£29.94 each part of £49.95 together

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

26 minutes each

Year

2004

Sections

Title

Mid-latitude and Polar regions

Synopsis

From lands with long, dry summers and mild, rainy winters to areas where the earth is snow-covered year all year round, the world’s mid-latitude and polar regions demonstrate a broad range of climate, landforms, vegetation, wildlife, and land use. In this programme graphics vividly identify the location of the various regions, and the effect of climate on living populations is modelled through physical adaptations of plants and animals common in each area. Different human-modified landscapes are featured in each region, and the continuity of selected agricultural crops and practices are illustrated, along with culturally significant examples of architecture and urban industrialiaation. Illustrates the climates, landscapes and way of life in the summer-dry subtropics, humid subtropics, humid continental regions, marine west coast regions, mid-latitude steppes and deserts, subarctic and polar regions.

Duration

26 mins

Distributors ref

008-21711V (video) 008-21711R (DVD)

Title

Tropics, The

Synopsis

Climate is one of the most important factors affecting the diversity of landscapes and living organisms in regions around the world. The Earth’s tropics lie in lands near the equator whose climatic regions are based on their latitude, altitude above sea level, and the seasonality and amount of precipitation they receive. These regions have very little seasonal change in temperature and, at lower elevations, are always warm. From lush, humid rainforests filled with arboreal wildlife, to highly industrialised cities, to the world’s largest desert, this programme covers the natural vegetation, habitats, and human-modified landscapes of the rainy tropics, the wet-dry and monsoon tropics, tropical and subtropical deserts, and tropical highlands. The human geography of these diverse lands is represented through the agricultural activities, styles of architecture, livelihoods, handicrafts, music and cultural traditions found in each region.

Duration

26 mins

Distributors ref

008-21710V (VHS) 008-21710R (DVD)

Distributor

Name

Viewtech Educational Media

Notes

NB. Viewtech ceased trading in 2014 and the company’s products are no longer in distribution