Explanation:

• The Cool Temperate Eastern Margin (Laurentian) Climate is an intermediate type of climate between the British and the Siberian type of climate. • It has features of both the maritime and the continental climates. The Laurentian type of climate is found only in two regions. Hence statement 2 is correct. o North American region: ü One is north-eastern North America, including eastern Canada, north-east U.S.A., (i.e. Maritime Provinces and the New England states), and Newfoundland. o Asiatic region: ü Eastern coastlands of Asia, including eastern Siberia, North China, Manchuria, Korea and northern Japan. • In the southern hemisphere, this climatic type is absent because only a small section of the southern continents extends south of the latitude of 40° S. Hence statement 3 is correct. • Climatic Conditions: o The Laurentian type of climate has cold, dry winters and warm, wet summers. Hence statement 1 is correct. o Winter temperatures may be well below freezing point and snow falls to quite a depth. Summers are as warm as the tropics (21° - 27°C) and if it were not for the cooling effects of the off-shore cold currents from the Arctic, the summer might be even hotter. o Though rain falls throughout the year, there is a distinct summer maximum from the easterly winds from the oceans. Of the annual precipitation of 30 to 60 inches, two-thirds come in the summer. Winter is dry and cold because the winds are dry Westerlies that blowout from the continental interiors.