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Ocean Climate Zones

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Generalized zones of oceanic climate

A map shows ocean climate zones with different colors indicating Equatorial, Tropical, Subtropical, Temperate, Subpolar, and Polar zones.

The map illustrates the various ocean climate zones around the globe:

Equatorial Zone: Located around the equator, covering regions like the central Pacific Ocean, the equatorial Atlantic Ocean, and parts of the Indian Ocean near the equator.

Tropical Zone: Found just north and south of the equatorial zones, covering areas like the northern Indian Ocean, parts of the Atlantic Ocean near the equator, and the central Pacific Ocean.

Subtropical Zone: Located further from the equator, covering areas like the southern parts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans, northern parts of the South Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans, and parts of the Indian Ocean.

Temperate Zone: Found in mid-latitude regions, covering areas like the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Europe and North America, the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America, and the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica.

Subpolar Zone: Located in higher latitude regions, covering areas like the North Atlantic Ocean near Greenland, the North Pacific Ocean near Alaska, and parts of the Southern Ocean.

Polar Zone: Found in the polar regions, covering areas like the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic region.

Warm Currents: Include currents such as the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Kuroshio Current in the North Pacific Ocean, and the Brazil Current in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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Display by:	Ocean Climate Zones					Change in U.S. Annual Temperature from the 1901-1960 Period to the 1986-2016 Period
	Equatorial	Tropical	Subtropical	Temperate	Subpolar	Coastal Plain	Northeast	South Central	North Central	Upper Plains	Prairie	East Central	East Central	South Central	Southeast	Southwest	Central	Southwest	Central	Upper Delta	Northeast	South Central	Southwest	Northern Valley	Southwest	Central	Piedmont Plateau	Southeast	Gulf	Northwest	Southeast	Southeast	Northwest	East Central	South Central	Coastal	Southeast	Bootheel	East Central	Appalachian Mountain	Eastern	West Central	Central	Eastern Valley	South Central	Lower Delta	Northwest	North Central	West	Central	West Olympic Coast	Eastern	West Central	Middle	West Ozarks	North Central	Northeast	South Central	West Central	Northeast	East Texas	Central	East Ozarks	Western	West Central Plains	Cumberland Plateau	Northwest	West Central	Northeast	Southern Mountains	North Central	Western	Southwest	Northwest Prairie	Northeast Prairie	North Central	East Central	Mountain	Central	Southeast	North Central	Okanogan Big Bend	Central	Edwards Plateau	South Central	Puget Sound Lowlands	Northeast	East Central	Southern	Central	South Panhandle	West Southwest	West Central	Panhandle	Southern Coastal Plain	East Olympic Cascade Foothills	Northeast	Northwest	Central Mountains	South Central	East Central	Southeast	Southeast	Northern Cascades	Central	Southwestern Mountain	Northeast	North Central	West Central	Allegheny Plateau	North Central	Southwestern	South Central	Low Rolling Plains	Southwest	Southeast	North Central	Northeast	North	West Central	Aleutians	North Central	East Southeast	Willamette Valley	Southwest	Central Piedmont	Central Mountain	Southwest Plateau	North Central	South Central Mountains	Southwest	Central Coastal Plain	Cascade Mountains West	Western Plateau	Central	Northeastern	Blue Grass	Northwest	South Central	Western Piedmont	Southern	Southeast	Central	Northern Coastal Plain	Northern Mountains	Southern Piedmont	Snake Drainage	East Central	Southeast	Central Basin	South Central	Central	West Central	North Central	Northwest	Northeastern	Northern Piedmont	Northwestern	Southeast	Southwest	East Central	East Central	Coastal Area	Southwestern Valleys	South Central	East Slope Cascades	Northeast	North Central Prairies	Southwest	Upper Susquehanna	Lower Valley	South	Northeast	Eastern Piedmont	Southwest	North Central Canyons	Central	East	Middle Susquehanna	Northwest	North Central	Southeast	South Central	North Central	Northeast	Southwest	Northwest	Northeast Gulf	Southwestern Highlands	Central	Sacramento Drainage	Southwest	Tidewater	North Central	South Central	Central Hills	High Plains	Panhandle	Upper Coast	South Central	Central Lakes	Northwestern	North Coast Drainage	Northeast	Southwest	West Central	Appalachian Mountains	Northeastern	Arkansas Drainage	South Central	Southeast	Northwest	Southeast	High Plateau	Upper Snake River Plains	Southeastern	Eastern Highlands	Mohawk Valley	Southwestern Valleys	Central Mountains	Central	Eastern Plateau	West Central	Cheyenne Niobrara Drainage	Northwest	Southwest Lower	Northeast Interior Basins	Northwest Plateau	Western	Northwest	Black Hills	East Central	Northeastern	North Central	South Central Lower	Palouse Blue Mountains	Central	North Central	Northeast Hills	Everglades and Southwest Coast	Northern Mountains	Northwest Gulf	Panhandle	Wind River	Southeast	Southwest	North Central	South Central	Platte Drainage	Northern	Western	West Central	Northeastern Valleys	Southwestern Mountains	Rio Grande Drainage	Northwestern Plateau	Southeast Interior	Southwestern	Northeastern Plains	Central Plains	Lower Southern	Northeast	South Central	Great Lakes	Green and Bear Drainage	Yellowstone Drainage	East Upper	West Central	San Joaquin Drainage	Kansas Drainage	North Central	Lower East Coast	Belle Fourche Drainage	Lower Susquehanna	North Central	Northeast	Trans Pecos	Northeastern Shore	Powder, Little Mo and Tongue Drainages	South Central	Dixie	Upper Southern	Northwest	Central	Northeast	Northern Mountains	Southern Desert	North Central	West Upper	Southeast	Big Horn	West Central Lower	Central	Southeast Lower	Cook Inlet	East Central	Central Coast Drainage	Pocono Mountains	North	West	North	Lower Platte	Northeastern	Central Eastern Shore	Coastal	Northern Plateau	South	Central Lower	South Interior	East Central Lower	Northwest	Upper Platte	Champlain Valley	Central	Northeast	East Central Mountains	Southeastern Shore	Southeastern Plains	Northwest	Central Valley	Southeastern	Central	Western	Hudson Valley	Northwest	Northeast	Southeastern Piedmont	Extreme Southern	Colorado Drainage	Central Highlands	Bristol Bay	Coastal	Southeast Desert Basins	Coastal	Northern	Southeast	East Central	Northeast Lower	North Central	East Central	Northeast Interior	Southern	Rhode Island (Entire State)	South Central	Uinta Basin	Southwest	South Central	North Central	Southern	St	Northwest Lower	Northern	Coastal	South Coast Drainage	Coastal	West Coast	Central Interior	North Slope
Northwest Territories					1.67%
Nunavut					4.30%
Nova Scotia				8.68%
Prince Edward Island				54.8%
Hawaii	2.56%	35.3%
New Brunswick				2.16%
Newfoundland and Labrador				1.85%	0.552%
Québec				0.264%	0.352%
Ontario					0.107%
Alaska				2.05%	0.827%
Arizona
Utah
District of Columbia
Florida		2.09%
Idaho
New Hampshire
Rhode Island				8.19%
Vermont
Washington				0.763%
Wyoming
Montana
Maine				1.22%
North Dakota
Kentucky
Virginia			0.104%	1.74%
Delaware				4.66%
Mississippi
West Virginia
Nebraska
Texas	0.188%
Missouri
Louisiana		3.62%
North Carolina			2.25%
Oregon				0.245%
Alabama		0.128%
New Mexico
Kansas
Wisconsin
British Columbia				1.39%
New Jersey				3.26%
South Carolina
Michigan
Connecticut				0.661%
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Nevada
Massachusetts			0.220%	7.89%
Georgia
New York				1.81%
Maryland				3.11%
Oklahoma
Tennessee
California			0.550%	0.247%
Arkansas
South Dakota
Ohio
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois

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