Climatic Zone |
Latitude(degrees) |
Climatic Type |
Rainfall Regime |
Natural Vegetation |
Equatorial Zone | 0-10 N & S | Hot, Wet Equatorial | Rainfall all year round. (80 inches) | Equatorial Rain forest |
Hot Zone | 10-30 N & S | Tropical Monsoon
|
Heavy summer rain (60 inches) | Monsoon Forest |
Tropical Marine
|
Summer rain (70 inches) | |||
Sudan Type | Rain mainly in summer (30 inches) | Savanna forest (tropical grassland) | ||
Desert Type :
a) Sahara type b) Mid latitude type |
Little rain (5 inches) | Desert Vegetation | ||
Warm Temperate Zone | 30-45 N & S | Western Margin (Mediterranean type) | Dry summers with Winter Rain (35 inches) | Mediterranean forests and shrubs |
Central Continental type (steppe type) | Light summer Rain (20 inches) | Steppe or temperate grassland | ||
Eastern margin:
a) China type b) Gulf type c) Natal type |
Heavy summer Rain (45 inches) | Warm wet forest and bamboo | ||
Cool Temperate Zone | 45-65 N & S | Western Margin (British type) | More rain in autumn and winter (30 inches) | Deciduous forest |
Central Continental (Siberian type) | Light Summer Rain (25 inches) | Steppe or temperate grassland | ||
Eastern Margin (Laurentian Type) | Moderate Summer rain (40 inches) | Mixed forest : coniferous and deciduous. | ||
Cold Zone | 65-90 N & S | Arctic Polar | Very Light Summer rain (10 inches) | Tundra , Mosses, Lichens |
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