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3(d)
Study the data of distribution of temperature and rain for Station X and answer the questions that follow: Month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec | Temp °C: 10, 11, 23, 35, 39, 42, 40, 33, 30, 25, 13, 11 | Rainfall cm: 2, 1, 0, 5, 15, 62, 71, 81, 59, 12, 10, 3
Is Station X in the coastal area or in the interior of the country?
Topic: Continentality
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In the interior — the annual range of temperature (42 − 10 = 32 °C) is far too large for a coastal station.
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