The document discusses climate types in 9 categories ranging from half-desert climates with cold or hot conditions to mountainous climates with varying levels of precipitation throughout the year. It also discusses solar radiation levels across Azerbaijan's plains and foothills, noting that radiation is highest on the Kur-Araz lowland and Apsheron peninsula at 2200-2400 hours per year, and exceeds 2600-2800 hours per year in the plains around Araz in Nakhichevan. Radiation levels decrease with elevation from the plains but increase again at higher altitudes in the mountains.

1. 1 Half-deserts and dry steppes with soft winter and dry hot climate
2 Half-deserts and dry steppes with cold winter and dry hot climate
3 Moderately warm climate with dry winter
4 Moderately warm climate with dry summer
5 Moderately warm climate almost with uniform distribution of sedimentaries
6 Cold climate with dry summer
7 Cold climate with dry winter
8 Cold climate with plentiful quantity of sedimentaries in all seasons
9 Climate mountainous tunrdas

4. Plains and foothills are
characterized by high
solar radiation rates. The
sun shines for 2200-2400
hours a year on the Kur-
Araz lowland , Apsheron
peninsula and other
plains and foothills,
while the indicator totals
2600-2800 in the plains
around Araz in the
Nakhichevan
Autonomous Republic.

5. The total annual radiation equals 128-132 kilocalorie per 1 sq. cm. It
declines towards the mountains (down to 120-124 kcal-cm2 , at a
height of 500-600 meters above sea level), then gradually increases
and reaches 140-150 kcal-cm2 at a height above 3000 meters of Major
and Minor Caucasus.
The total amount of solar
radiation affecting Araz
plains in Nakhichevan totals
148-150 kcal-cm2, it
increases in mountains and
reaches 152-160 kcal-cm2.
The radiation on the
country's plains and foothills
amounts to 40-50 kcal-cm2
(in Lenkoran -50-60 kcal-
cm2, in mountains-15-25
kcal-cm2.