CLIMATES ON EARTH

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CLIMATES ON EARTH
  1. TROPICAL OR HOT CLIMATES
    1. EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
      1. HIGH temperature (around 25º)
        1. ABUNDANT precipitation (over 1500 mm)
          1. NO DRY SEASON
          2. HUMID TROPICAL
            1. HIGH temperature (over 20º)
              1. ABUNDANT precipitation (less than 1500 mm)
                1. DRY SEASON and WET SEASON
                  1. MONSOON
                    1. WET SUMMER (torrential rainfall)
                  2. DRY TROPICAL
                    1. MILD WINTERS and HOT SUMMERS (over 18º)
                      1. LONG DRY SEASON (less than 250 mm anually)
                    2. TEMPERATE CLIMATES
                      1. MEDITERRANEAN
                        1. MILD WINTERS, HOT SUMMERS (10º - 20º)
                          1. DRY SUMMERS (300 - 1000 mm)
                          2. HUMID SUB-TROPICAL
                            1. MILD WINTERS, HOT SUMMERS (10º - 20º)
                              1. RAINY SUMMER (over 1000 mm)
                              2. MARITIME
                                1. MILD WINTERS, COOL SUMMERS (10º - 18º)
                                  1. CONSTANT PRECIPITATION, LESS IN SUMMER (+/- 1000 mm)
                                  2. CONTINENTAL
                                    1. VERY COLD WINTER, HOT SUMMERS (0º - 10º)
                                      1. RAINS MAINLY IN SUMMER (300 - 1000 mm)
                                    2. COLD CLIMATES
                                      1. POLAR
                                        1. VERY LOW temperature (below 0º)
                                          1. RARE precipitation (often SNOW)
                                          2. ALPINEI
                                            1. WITH ALTITUDE
                                              1. TEMPERATURE FALLS
                                                1. PRECIPITATION INCREASES (SNOW)
                                                2. COLD WINTERS, COOL SUMMERS
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