Question
Give four reasons why some areas within the equatorial belt do not experience true equatorial climate
Answer
- Relief features such as high mountains influence temperature and rainfall pattern
- Presence of large water bodies that modify temperatures of the surrounding lands through breezes
- Continentality- many regions are in the interior of the continents making them receive low amounts of rains
- Winds- some areas are influenced by cold onshore winds that lower temperature of the surroundings
- Presence of large water bodies that modify temperatures of the surrounding lands through breezes
- Continentality- many regions are in the interior of the continents making them receive low amounts of rains
- Winds- some areas are influenced by cold onshore winds that lower temperature of the surroundings