1. Altitudinal Zones Quick View of Latin American zones

3. Zone 1: Tierra Caliente (sea level to 2,500ft)  The lowest vertical zone from sea level to 2,500 feet, is known as the tierra caliente or the "hot" of the coastal plains and low lying interior basins  A climate/geographic term used in Latin America to refer to those places that have a distinctly tropical climate  Foods with tropical associations grow here: bananas, cherries, coconuts etc.

4. Zone 2: Tierra Templada (2,500 ft.-6,000 ft.)  The tropical highlands containing Middle and South America’s largest population clusters  Term used in Latin America to refer to places that are either  located in the tropics at a moderately high elevation  or are located slightly outside the astronomical tropics, and have a somewhat cooler overall climate than the Tierra Caliente areas  In the tierra templada, coffee is grown (this area’s cash crop) with grains such as wheat and corn being cultivated for subsistence purposes

5. Zone 3: Tierra Fria (6,000 Ft.- 10,000 ft.)  mild temperatures all year round (with 54 F being the coldest and 64.4°F being the warmest)  common crops grown in the Tierra Fria are: Potatoes, wheat, barley, oats, corn, rye, and maize.  Cattle can be here  City Examples  Bogotá, Colombia  Mexico City, Mexico  Quito, Ecuador,

6. Zone 4: Tierra Helada ( 12,000 ft.- @ 15,00ft)  the tierra helada or "frozen land", a land of permanent snow and ice.  As you move poleward beyond 15 degrees of latitude, the # of these zones decreases  a term used in Latin America to refer to the highest places found within the Andes mountains  The area between the Tree line and the Snow line  Llamas can be found here (Andes Mountains)

7. Zone 5: Tierra Nevada (@ 15,000 ft.)  Area above the ‘snow line’  No plants or animals here