erate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

Uzbekistan:
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild
winters; semiarid grassland in east

Vanuatu:
tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds

Venezuela:
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

Vietnam:
tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy
season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October
to mid-March)

Virgin Islands:
subtropical, tempered by easterly trade winds,
relatively low humidity, little seasonal temperature variation;
rainy season May to November

Wake Island:
tropical

Wallis and Futuna:
tropical; hot, rainy season (November to April);
cool, dry season (May to October); rains 2,500-3,000 mm per year
(80% humidity); average temperature 26.6 degrees C

West Bank:
temperate, temperature and precipitation vary with
altitude, warm to hot summers, cool to mild winters

Western Sahara:
hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air
currents produce fog and heavy dew

World:
two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather
narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to
subtropical climates

Yemen:
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in
western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot,
dry, harsh desert in east

Yugoslavia:
in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot,
humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion,
continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic
climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively
cold winters with heavy snowfall inland

Zambia:
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to
April)

Zimbabwe:
tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to
March)

Taiwan:
tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon
(June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year

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@Coastline

Afghanistan:
0 km (landlocked)

Albania:
362 km

Algeria:
998 km

American Samoa:
116 km

Andorra:
0 km (landlocked)

Angola:
1,600 km

Anguilla:
61 km

Antarctica:
17,968 km

Antigua and Barbuda:
153 km

Arctic Ocean:
45,389 km

Argentina:
4,989 km

Armenia:
0 km (landlocked)

Aruba:
68.5 km

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