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| <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A major division of C. W. Thornthwaite's 1931 schemes of [[climatic classification]], determined as a function of the [[temperature-efficiency index]] or the [[potential evapotranspiration]].</div><br/><div class="paragraph">In the 1931 system, six main temperature provinces ([[climates]]) are distinguished: 1) [[tropical]]; 2) [[mesothermal]]; 3) [[microthermal]]; 4) [[taiga]]; 5) [[tundra]]; and 6) [[frost]]. In the 1948 system they are 1) [[megathermal]]; 2) [[mesothermal]]; 3) [[microthermal]]; 4) tundra; and 5) [[frost]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[climatic province]]; <br/>''see'' [[humidity province]].</div><br/> </div><div class="reference">Thornthwaite, C. W. 1931. The climates of North America according to a new classification. Geogr. Rev.. 21. 633–655. </div><br/> <div class="reference">Thornthwaite, C. W. 1948. An approach toward a rational classification of climate. Geogr. Rev.. 38. 55–94. </div><br/>
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