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The climate is the set of atmospheric phenomena characterized
zan each region of the Earth. This, like other components
natural, it can be altered by various natural factors,
as latitude, relief and water.
As you can see in the following scheme of climates,
due to the inclination with sunlight reaching the
Earth's surface, different temperatures cause the
climate change from Ecuador to the poles: they are warmer in
nearby to Ecuador, temperate latitudes in low latitudes
very cold medium and between 80 ° and 90 ° of latitude.
The relief causes the temperature decreases (it gets colder)
or increase (become more heat), depending on the height of the reliefs. By
example, in high regions, such as the plateaus or the moun- mon,
air layers are colder than in the plains; so the
climate and vegetation vary.
Water is just one of the factors that regulate the climate and modifications
fied vegetation. Large bodies of water, whether or seas
lakes, lose heat more slowly than the land masses,
so in the regions near the sea, are we less Winter
cold, since water retains heat longer; while
summers are cool, as the temperature of seawater
It is less than the continents.
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An interesting fact
The atmosphere allows
input rays
the solar terrestrial surface
tre. This returns the heat to
heating the atmosphere
more than the lower layers
high, it is causing
regions near the
that
pas casualties (those localized
the
at sea level) present
warmer climates that
higher altitude regions,
as the tops of the high
mountains where the weather is
cold.
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The tilt of the Earth explains
the difference with the arriving
the sun's rays to different
regions of the world.
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Day 6 months
Polar zone
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Polar zone
Temperate zone
Temperate zone
Tropical zone
Tropical zone
Night 6 months
Polar circle
Polar circle
Ecuador
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
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