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a.
To determine: The approximate latitudes of the boundaries.
Introduction: Wallace’s observations of animal distributions divide Earth’s landmasses into six continental-scale areas, and these are called biogeographic regions.
b.
To determine: The biomes that have boundaries around the latitudes in the given figure.
Introduction: Many factors of the physical environment interact with climate to affect the character of terrestrial vegetation. The vegetation of south-western Australia is similar to that of the Mediterranean.
c.
To determine: The feature of atmospheric circulation that occurs around the latitudes.
Introduction: The Hadley cell circulation produces strong latitudinal patterns of precipitation. The water molecules present at the Earth’s surface in the tropics absorb the intense sunlight and evaporation.
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