word | | Climate |
| arctic | Pakistan | mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
| Arctic | Russia | ... Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast |
| arctic | Svalbard | arctic, tempered by warm North Atlantic Current; cool summers, cold winters; North Atlantic Current flows along west and north coasts of Spitsbergen, keeping water open and navigable most of the year |
| arctic | United States | mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter ... |
| arid | Afghanistan | arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers |
| arid | Algeria | arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common ... |
| arid | Argentina | mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest |
| arid | Australia | generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north |
| arid | Bahrain | arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers |
| arid | Curacao | tropical marine climate, ameliorated by northeast trade winds, results in mild temperatures; semi-arid with average rainfall of 600 mm/year |
| arid | Iran | mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast |
| arid | Jordan | mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April) |
| arid | Kazakhstan | continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid |
| arid | Kenya | varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior |
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