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lily
(lily)
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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.