a). Refer to the graph and Give a brief/general comment on the relationship of the plots for oceans, continents and overal evaporation rates with latitudes. b). Explain the reasons why oceans have higher actual evaporation rates (from your graph and table) than the continents. c). Evaporation rates decreases over the earth's surface with increasing latitudes as evident from the table and your graphs. Explain the reason for this?

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a). Refer to the graph and Give a brief/general comment on the relationship of the plots for oceans, continents and overal evaporation rates with latitudes.

b). Explain the reasons why oceans have higher actual evaporation rates (from your graph and table) than the continents.

c). Evaporation rates decreases over the earth's surface with increasing latitudes as evident from the table and your graphs. Explain the reason for this?

Latitude: Sº Oceans
0-10
10-20
20 - 30
30 - 40
40 - 50
50 - 60
1140
1200
1120
890
580
230
Continents
1220
900
410
510
500
200
Overall
1160
1130
960
850
580
230
Transcribed Image Text:Latitude: Sº Oceans 0-10 10-20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 1140 1200 1120 890 580 230 Continents 1220 900 410 510 500 200 Overall 1160 1130 960 850 580 230
Evaporation Rates (mm/year)
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
0
Southern Hemisphere Actual Evaporation Rates
10
20
Oceans
30
Latitudes in degrees (º)
-Continents
40
Overall
50
60
Transcribed Image Text:Evaporation Rates (mm/year) 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 0 Southern Hemisphere Actual Evaporation Rates 10 20 Oceans 30 Latitudes in degrees (º) -Continents 40 Overall 50 60
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