Spatial Variation of Climate Elements in Iraq

Abstract

Abstract

As for the second chapter, it dealt with the spatial analysis of the variation in the elements of the climate of Iraq.The climatic characteristics in Iraq are subject to the interaction of a number of factors, including the location in relation to the latitude circles, as well as other natural factors that contribute to the emergence of spatial variation in the climatic characteristics, which determine the shape of the climate of any region, and among these factors are the rise and fall below sea level, proximity and distance from the influence of ( Water bodies) represented by (the Arabian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea). The spatial variation in the spatial characteristics has an effect on the existence of a variation in the values   of the elements, as this variation in the rates of minimum temperatures reached () between northern and southern Iraq, and the difference in the maximum temperatures reached () between northern and southern Iraq, as for the difference in the rates of temperature It reached () degrees Celsius, and the research found that the relative humidity in the study area in the winter season records its highest rates in the months of December and January and in proportions (), respectively, which is associated with the recorded low temperatures due to the exposure of the study area to lumps. Cool air, while the relative humidity decreases during the hot season due to the high temperatures.