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land surfaces are rapidly and intensely heated under the sun’s rays, whereas water surfaces are only slowly and moderately heated.
On the other hand, land surfaces cool off more rapidly and reach much lower temperatures than water surfaces when solar radiation is cut off. Temperature contrasts are therefore great over land areas,
but only moderate over water areas.
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