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Eureka Atlantic City 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 40 280 280 35 240 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 a B0 60 40 20 0 25 200 180 c 160 140 120 100 a 80 60 20 15 10 -10 10 15 .15 20 J F M A MJJ A SOND Annual Climatology Eureka, CA (EKA) Annual Climatology Atlantic City, NJ (ACY) These two unlabeled climographs are for maritime locations in the U.S. Carefully compare and contrast the temperature curves of each climograph to answer the following questions. Q15. Which of these locations is most likely influenced by a cold ocean current and why? Q16. Which of these locations is most likely situated on the eastern coast of a continent and why?

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15. Eureka is most likely to be affected by a cold ocean current as Cold currents flow toward the equator on the eastern side of ocean basins which are cold throughout the year as it can be seen in the curve given.

16. Atlantic City is situated on the eastern coast as the climate is having very little variation in the temperature throughout the year and precipitation is quite high during few months of the year.

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