CLIMATE ZONES

EQUATORIAL RAIN FOREST CLIMATE HOT, WET AND HUMID ALL YEAR ROUND, RAINS DAILY. DIRECT SUN KEEPS THE TEMPERATURES HIGH. FOUND IN THE EQUATOR REGION. THE TYPICAL LANDSCAPE IS THE RAINFOREST

TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATE DRY WINTERS, WET SUMMERS, LOCATED IN THE TROPICS JUST BEYOND THE TROPICAL RAINFOREST. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE WHICH IS ALWAYS HIGH.

DESERT CLIMATE HOT DAYS, COOL TO COLD NIGHTS, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO RAIN IN THIS CLIMATE, THEREFORE IT IS VERY DRY. DESERTS COVER ABOUT 1/5 OF THE EARTH’S SURFACE.

STEPPE CLIMATE DRY AREAS THAT BORDER DESERTS STEPPE CLIMATE DRY AREAS THAT BORDER DESERTS. THESE AREAS HAVE VERY LITTLE RAINFALL ONLY ABOUT 10 TO 20 INCHES PER YEAR.

MARINE WEST COAST CLIMATE COOL SUMMERS, WITH MILD WINTERS, HEAVY RAINS IN THE WINTER

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE MILD RAINY WINTERS WITH HOT DRY SUMMERS.

HUMID SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE RAIN FALLS ALL YEAR WITH HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SUMMER. WINTERS ARE SHORTER AND MILD SUMMERS ARE HOT AND HUMID

HUMID CONTINENTAL CLIMATE COLD SNOWY WINTERS, COOL TO WARM SUMMERS WITH SOME RAIN EVERY MONTH.

SUBARCTIC CLIMATE LONG VERY COLD WINTERS WITH SHORT COOL SUMMERS.

TUNDRA CLIMATE LONG BITTERY COLD WINTERS WITH VERY SHORT COOL SUMMERS TUNDRA CLIMATE LONG BITTERY COLD WINTERS WITH VERY SHORT COOL SUMMERS. SUMMERS GET CONSTANT LIGHT BUT LITTLE HEAT FROM THE SUN.

POLAR ICE CAP CLIMATE ALWAYS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE POLAR ICE CAP CLIMATE ALWAYS COVERED WITH SNOW AND ICE. BITTERLY COLD ALL YEAR AROUND WITH LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION.

HIGHLAND CLIMATE MOUNTAIN AREAS WHERE THE HIGHER IN ALTITUDE THE COOLER THE AIR TEMPERATURE 19,800 ft 9°F Snow cap 16,500 ft 21°F 13,200 ft 34°F Tundra 9,900 ft 49°F *Quito Cold Zone 6,600 ft 57°F Temperate Zone 3,300 ft 70°F 1,000 ft 77°F Hot Zone 81°F Sea Level *Guayaquil