1. CLIMATE ZONES

2. 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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE MILD RAINY WINTERS WITH HOT DRY SUMMERS.

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

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

10. SUBARCTIC CLIMATE LONG VERY COLD WINTERS WITH SHORT COOL SUMMERS.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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