Distribution

The Cool Temperate Eastern Margin (Laurentian) Climate is an intermediate type of climate between the British and the Siberian type of climate. It has features of both the maritime and the continental climates. The Laurentian type of climate is found only in two regions. One is north-eastern North America, including eastern Canada, north-east U.S.A., (i.e. Maritime Provinces and the New England states), and Newfoundland. This may be referred to as the North American region. The other region is the eastern coastlands of Asia, including eastern Siberia, North China, Manchuria, Korea and northern Japan. It may be referred to as the Asiatic region. In the southern hemisphere, this climatic type is absent because only a small section of the southern continents extends south of the latitude of 40° S.