Identify climate zones and assess whether environmental determinism or possibilism controls the spatial associations for the following countries:
Belgium, Mongolia, and North Korea
Most of these countries have a cool and temperate climate.
Explanation:
North Korea falls in the temperate climatic zone, Mongolia has a highland climate and Belgium has a temperate maritime climate.
The characteristics of climate are both continent and oceans for North Korea while in the south its subtropical thus environmental determinism controls the spatial distribution of the landmasses.
In Belgium, there is a little variation in climate from region to region and maritime influences are lesser inland environmental determinism determines the plant and animal life in Belgium.
Similarly in Mongolia has a cold and dry climate environmental determinism pays a crucial role in the formation of settlement patterns and the livelihood of people depends on it.
