In the following video, I introduce the Subtropical Desert and describe several key characteristics. These tend to be located in the Subtropics roughly between 15° and 30° North and South.

In the following video, I introduce the Hot & Cold Desert climate regions and show the locations they are found on the Köppen Climate map. In general, Hot Deserts art those that formed because of being located under the Subtropical High Pressure for most of the year. That's why Hot Deserts are also thought of as Subtropical Deserts. Cold Deserts, as the name implies, aren't as hot as the Subtropical Deserts and more likely to form because they are rain shadows. These cold deserts are also located at higher latitudes (farther from the Equator -- anywhere from 30-45 degrees latitude), which influences their colder temperatures.

In the following video, I introduce the Semi-Arid Steppe climate region and show the locations it is found on the Köppen Climate map.

In this last video for this page, I discuss the Semi-Arid Steppe climate and focus on where we find this climate region in the USA and Canada: the Great Plains.