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Characteristics:

• Not continuous due to variation in relief


• Uniform temperature (high)


• High humidity


• Heavy rainfall through out the year.


• Avg. annual range of temp. is least (3^0 C).


• Daily range of temp. in equatorial climate is the least

(due to humidity) ( Energy is stored in the

atmosphere itself).

• Rain fall is above 200 cm.


• Natural vegetation: Ever-green tropical rain forests

(also called selvas)

Selvas especially called in Amazon Forest is

evergreen because trees have no distinct shedding

period

• Equatorial climate covers only 6% of the geographical

area. But has 50% of the biodiversity.