What is the most important climate region?

1. Tropical. Around the Equator we have tropical climates which are hot and humid, this is where you’ll find the world’s rainforests.

What part of geography is climate?

Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Weather can change from hour-to-hour, day-to-day, month-to-month or even year-to-year. A region’s weather patterns, usually tracked for at least 30 years, are considered its climate.

What is the best describes the climate of an area?

Climate is defined as an area’s long-term weather patterns. Other useful elements for describing climate include the type and the timing of precipitation, amount of sunshine, average wind speeds and directions, number of days above freezing, weather extremes, and local geography.

Which country has the most unique climate?

Just like the United States and Russia, the pure size of China makes it one of the world’s most diverse, both in terms of culture and in climate. Stretching over all four climate zones, China certainly tops the list on climate diversity.

Which climate zone is the hottest?

Torrid Zone
The Earth is divided into three heat zones: the Frigid Zone, the Temperate Zone and the Torrid Zone. The Torrid Zone is the closest to the equator and is the hottest of the three zones. The Temperate Zone is split into two zones on either size of the Torrid Zone, and has temperatures ranging from warm to cool.

How many climates are there in the world?

There are approximately five main climate types on Earth:

• Tropical.
• Dry.
• Temperate.
• Continental.
• Polar.

What best describes weather and climate?

Whereas weather refers to short-term changes in the atmosphere, climate describes what the weather is like over a long period of time in a specific area. Different regions can have different climates. Weather tells you what to wear each day. Climate tells you what types of clothes to have in your closet.

Which statement best describes weather rather than climate?

Weather describes the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time e.g. from day to day or week to week, while climate describes average conditions over a longer period of time.

Why is Asia climate different?

Asia’s climates differ from region to region because of variations in the amount, intensity and spatial distribution of solar energy, temperature, humidity and precipitation, atmospheric pressure and winds and storms, but there is unity in Asia’s climatic diversity that is provided by the monsoon effect.