Differentiate between the Equatorial and the Tropical continental climates under the following (a) location (b)...
GEOGRAPHY
WAEC 1994
Differentiate between the Equatorial and the Tropical continental climates under the following
(a) location
(b) temperature characteristics
(c) rainfall distribution
Explanation
| Equatorial climate | Tropical continental climate | |
(a) Location | 0 - 10°N and South Amazon basin (South America), Zaire, coasts of West Africa Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia | -10 - 30°N and South West Africa (North) -East Africa, Brazil, North Australia, - Orinoco basin (South America) |
(b) Temperature characteristics. | (i) Mean annual temperature = 27°C (ii) Annual temperature range = 2°C (iii) Uniformity of temperature throughout the year | - Mean annual temperature = 21°C - Annual temperature range = 9°C - Alternating hot, rainy season and cool dry season |
(c) Rainfall distribution | (i) Rainfall is throughout the year (ii) Mean annual rainfall = 240cm (iii) It has double maxima of rainfall | - Rainfall is seasonal Mean annual rainfall = 85cm - It has only single maximum of rainfall |
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