What is the climate like in inland areas and what is the difference between climate near large bodies of water and inland areas?
In fact we have focused on two specific climates, the maritime climate and the continental climate. Maritime climates are milder with a small temperature swing during the year and are located next to large bodies of water, primarily oceans. An inland climate is usually more extreme. Winters may be very cold, and summers may be very hot. Precipitation can be low. This is a continental climate. Water has a higher heat capacity than soil and rock, so the ocean takes much longer to heat and to cool than the land. Coastal areas will generally have more moderate temperatures than inland areas because of the heat capacity of the ocean. Coastal areas are cooler and wetter than inland areas. Clouds form when warm air from inland areas meets cool air from the sea. Because it takes far more energy to change the temperature of water than land or air, water warms up and cools off much more slowly than either. As a result, inland climates are subject to more extreme temperature ranges than coastal climates, which are insulated by nearby water. Intracoastal waterways are saltwater whereas inland lakes are freshwater bodies of water. The two types of waterways are Inland Waterways and Sea Routes. Inland waterways exist in the form of rivers, canals and lakes within a country. Sea routes exist in the form of seas and oceans. However, transportation happens from one country to another via the oceans and seas.
Inland climates are climates that usually occur in continental interiors. They are characterized by hot summers and very cold winters. There tend to have large variations in temperature between summer and winter, as much as 40 ℃. The winters tend to be long and dry. Coastal climates tend to have wetter winters and drier summers, whereas inland climates have more humid summers and drier winters. Coastal climates are typically limited to narrow strips along the edges of continents, whereas inland climates tend to occur over broad swaths of continental interiors. Water has a higher heat capacity than soil and rock, so the ocean takes much longer to heat and to cool than the land. Coastal areas will generally have more moderate temperatures than inland areas because of the heat capacity of the ocean. Large bodies of water such as oceans, seas, and large lakes affect the climate of an area. Water heats and cools more slowly than land. Therefore, in the summer, the coastal regions will stay cooler and in winter warmer. A more moderate climate with a smaller temperature range is created.
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