1 - Altitudinal zonation

We will explore

• what is typical for mountain climates everywhere, globally.

• what varies from region to region.

Click on one of the symbols to proceed. Before you do so, guess whether the climate element you choose varies with altitude globally in a similar way or reflects regional peculiarities.

Altitude for latitude

A most characteristic element of life in mountains is the compression of climatic life zones over short distances otherwise separated by thousands of kilometres of latitude.

2 - Compression of life zones

29 August 2011
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