Cool-temperate climate
Index plants
Beeches (Fagus sp.), Quercus mongolica subsp. crispula
Averate temperature
Cooler average temperature under the conditon of the lowest temperature in the coldest month is more than -3 °C (27 °F) and less than 18 °C (64 °F)
North/South altitude
Northern part of 35 - 66.5 ° latitude
Overview
Four seasons in a year. It is subdiveded Japan sea type and Pacific ocean type: Japan sea type is the forest adapted to the heavy snowfall, and Pacific ocean type is the forest adapted to the few snowfall.
Distribution of cool-temperate climate in modern Japan. It distributes at montane zones of southern Honshu island, northern Honshu island and western Hokkaido.
Flora
- Cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests (Japan sea type)
- Cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests (Pacific ocean type)
Climate (Lateral)
- Tropical
- Subtropical
- Warm-temperate
- Intermediate-temperate
- Cool-temperate
- Boundary between cool-temperate and subarctic
- Subarctic
- Polar