 Eiche im Felderbachtal bei Velbert-Nierenhof im Wandel der Jahreszeiten Image by J.hagelüken, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
SeasonsSeason Season Subdivision of the year based on orbit and axial tilt For other uses, see Season (disambiguation). A season is a division of the year[1] based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun.[2][3][4] In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to undergo hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant. Various cultures define the number and nature of seasons based on regional variations, and as such there are a number of both modern… (Source: Wikipedia)
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