Open AccessSOME SUB-TROPICAL AND OTHER GRASSES IN NORTHLAND
Author(s) -
Elliott Arnold
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1953.15.1008
Subject(s) - subtropics , tropics , wet season , dry season , geography , humid subtropical climate , climatology , physical geography , geology , ecology , biology , cartography , medicine , pathology
Situated close to subtropical regions, Northland is subjected to the climatical high-pressure belt of the sub-tropics. The rainfall year is broadly divided into a dry summer season and a wet winter season, giving a contrast which 'decreases southward from Auckland City away from the high-pressure belt. Heavy rains of short duration and sometimes with little lasting effects occur during summer when sub-tropical lows suddenly come down over .the area. Temperatures are generally and consistently higher than further south, and light frosts are infrequently experienced in certain localities