4 Geography · 4.1.5 Weather systems and world climates
4.1.5.9 Tropical climates of the world: equatorial, savanna, monsoon and hot desert
The tropical climates (Köppen A and the low-latitude dry B types) range from the ever-wet equatorial belt, through the seasonally wet savanna and monsoon lands, to the hot deserts under the subtropical highs; rainfall, not temperature, is what separates them.
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Key terms
- equatorial climate
- Af
- tropical rainforest
- selvas
- savanna
- Sudan type
- Aw
- Llanos
- Campos
- Harmattan
- tropical monsoon
- Am
- hot desert
- BWh
- Sahara
- Atacama
- Namib
- Kalahari
- cold currents
- Al Aziziyah
- Death Valley
- xerophytes
- Masai
- Tuareg
- Bedouin
- San
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