Table 1 Details of the nine thermal regions. The number of lakes refers to the HydroLAKES database and the historic period.
From: Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change
Thermal region name | Name code | Number of lakes (% of total) | Percent coverage of thermal region | Mean temperature (mean range, °C) | Percent of time ice-covered (% of lakes with ice cover) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern Frigid | NF | 575,983 (37.8) | 21.0 | 3.3 (14.4) | 61 (100) |
Northern Cool | NC | 539,638 (40.4) | 25.2 | 6.1 (20.7) | 50 (99.6) |
Northern Temperate | NT | 159,661 (11.2) | 13.0 | 9.8 (23.6) | 29 (91.9) |
Northern Warm | NW | 24,185 (1.7) | 7.0 | 16.3 (21.8) | 1.0 (9.0) |
Northern Hot | NH | 25,369 (1.8) | 5.9 | 22.1 (17.4) | 0.0 (0.0) |
Tropical Hot | TH | 46,245 (3.2) | 13.4 | 29.0 (3.9) | 0.0 (0.0) |
Southern Hot | SH | 25,131 (1.8) | 8.3 | 24.2 (6.1) | 0.0 (0.0) |
Southern Warm | SW | 24,191 (1.7) | 5.9 | 15.7 (11.4) | 0.0 (0.0) |
Southern Temperate | ST | 6745 (0.5) | 1.3 | 7.9 (8.7) | 5.0 (21.1) |
