Early Carboniferous Climate

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As Pangea moves northward, the climatic belts move southward.  Tropical rainforests cross from Arctic Canada to Newfoundland and Western Europe.  The desert regions in mid-North America begin to contract.  The Southern Hemisphere begins to cool off.  MAP LEGEND

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