The document describes several different climate regions around the world, including their key characteristics. The hot, wet equatorial region is described as having great temperature uniformity, the heaviest rainfall on the planet, and the densest forests containing the greatest biodiversity. The monsoon region is said to have three distinct seasons and be greatly impacted by the periodic reversal of wind systems. Savanna regions are described as having the tallest grasses, being prone to fires, and containing the greatest variety of large herbivores and carnivores.

2. Frozen Polar & Tundra Vegetation Glacial
Cold Periglacial
Cool
Temperat
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Temperate
Deciduous Forest
(British Type)
Coniferous Forest
Taiga
(Siberian type)
Mixed Forest
Laurentian type
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Temperat
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Forests and Scrubs
Mediterranean
type
Temperate grassland
Steppes type
Warm wet forest
China type
Hot
tropical
Desert vegetation
Hot desert
Savanna Vegetation
Sudan type
Tropical deciduous
forest
Monsoon type
Equatorial Equatorial Rainforest
Hot Wet Equatorial Climate

3. HOT, WET EQUATORIAL REGION
 Great uniformity of temperature.
 Winterless climate with < 10 C annual range of
temperature.
 Heaviest rainfall on this planet.
 Highest humidity
 Densest forest
 Greatest Biodiversity
 Largest Reserves of Hardwood

4. HOT, WET EQUATORIAL REGION
 Very little Seasonality
 Most uniform temperature during the year
 Most diverse and productive forest ecosystems
 Lowest diurnal and annual temperature range
 Double rainfall peaks coinciding with equinoxes
 No month without rain

5. HOT, WET EQUATORIAL REGION
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6. MONSOON WORLD
 Three distinct seasons viz. Cool Dry; Hot Dry and
Rainy Season
 The greatest impact of Periodic Reversal of wind
system
 Most profound impact of Climate on a Natural Rainfall
 Greatest agricultural dependence on Natural Rainfall

7. MONSOON WORLD
 Most constant pattern of concentrated rain in few
months, with a tendency for Summer maximum
 Worst impact of Tropical Cyclones
 High chances of frequent floods, severe draughts and
growing desertification
 Largest concentration of deciduous hardwood trees in
pure strands

8. MONSOON WORLD
 Largest concentration Teakwood Trees and Bamboo
thickets
 Highest Agricultural Density in the world
 Smallest Landholdings in agriculture
 Largest area under Intensive Subsistence Farming
 Rice as their most characteristic crop
 Largest sugar production for the world

9. MONSOON WORLD
 Common practice of shifting cultivation by indigenous
people

10. SAVANNA REGION
 Tallest and Coarsest grasses (as tall as 15 feet!!)
 A typical Park-land-Scape
 A raingreen Vegetation
 Big Game Country
 Marked presence of Pyrophytes (fire resistant trees!!)
 Greatest susceptibility to natural fires
 A pattern of bush-fallow farming

11. SAVANNA REGION
 Maximum impact of Flash Floods
 Highest proneness to droughts and desertification
 Highest proneness to soil erosion (especially during
the rainy season!!)
 The world’s greatest variety of the largest and the
fastest herbivores and carnivores (Big game country!!)

12. SAVANNA REGION Greatest opportunities for Big Game Hunting (and
Poaching too!!)
 A unique Ecosystem that served as a Cradle of Human
Evolution
 The most renowned Safari Parks (run by the
government!!)
 The highest potential for Dryland Farming
 The highest future development prospects as natural
region

13. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
 Unique winter concentration of rainfall
 Maximum impact of shifting wind and pressure belts
 Maximum variety of local winds
 Largest Orchards of the world
 Highest production and exports of Citrus Fruits
(especially oranges)

14. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
 Largest vineyards in the world
 Highest production of grapes and raisins
 Viticulture as a Traditional Occupation
 Highest production, consumption and exports of
Wine
 A typical Sclerophyllous Vegetation
 The olive tree as the Index Plant
 Largest production and exports of Olive Oil

15. MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
 A monopoly in production of Wine Bottle Corks
 Largest exports of Temperate Fruits
 Their name after a Sea (Mediterranean Sea!!)

16. TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
 Largest continentality
 highest annual range of temperature
 Tree-less grasslands
The above three statements are true for the Northern
Hemisphere Grasslands only
 Largest stretches of rolling plains
 Best developed EJxtensive Mechanised Commercial
Farming

17. TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
 Lowest crop yields per hectare
 Largest land holdings in Agriculture
 Highest crop yields per capita and per unit of labour
 Largest production of corn
 Largest production of wheat (the wheat basket of
world!!)
 Largest wheat exports in the world

18. TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS
 Most nutritious Grasses like Lucerne or Alfalfa, for
cattle and sheep rearing
 Largest Beef, mutton and wool exports in the world.
 The highest levels of Development in Cattle
Ranching, Sheep Rearing and Pastoral Farming
 The larges Ranches in the world

19. Warm Temperate Eastern Region
(China Type)
 Highest Population Pressure
 Most productive parts of the Middle latitudes
 Best settled parts of southern continents
 The most intense cyclonic activity
 Most intensively tilled parts of the world
 Largest area under rice cultivation
 Most exhausted soils
 Highest intensity of cropping

20. Warm Temperate Eastern Region
(China Type)
 Largest production of cotton
 Largest tobacco production for a natural region

21. COOL TEMPERATE EASTERN
REGION (British Type)
 The mildest winters in temperate latitudes
 Greatest impact of insularity (oceanic influence!!)
 Most comfortable climate for human habitation
 Greatest weather variability for a climatic region
 Best developed mixed farming

22. COOL TEMPERATE EASTERN
REGION (British Type)
 Most productive and efficient agriculture
 High dependence on food imports
 Best developed intensive commercial farming
 Most specialized Horticulture Industry
 Best developed Dairy Industry
 Best breeds of dairy cattle with highest milk yields

23. COOL TEMPERATE EASTERN
REGION (British Type)
 Highly developed market gardening
 Well developed fishing industry
 An unprecedented Industrial Advancement
 Highest living standards

24. COOL TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL CLIMATE
(Siberian Type)
 The lowest rainfall
 The least mean annual temperate
 Most adverse climate
 Minimum Biodiversity of both Plants & Animal
 Least luxuriant vegetation
 Lowest biological productivity
 Least Bacterial Activity (Decomposition is mostly
fungal)

25. COOL TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL
CLIMATE (Siberian Type)
 Lowest biomass
 Slowest nutrient cycling
 Largest reserves of softwood
 Best developed Lumbering
 Richest source of wood pulp, the raw material for
paper making and newsprint
 Largest stretches of softwood trees in pure stands

26. COOL TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL
CLIMATE (Siberian Type)
 Most acidic zonal soils, the podzols
 Evergreen trees (There is no annual replacement of
leaves as in deciduous trees The same leaf remains on
the tree for as long as five years!!)

27. COOL TEMPERATE EASTERN
REGION (Laurentian Type)
 Marked presence only in Northern Hemisphere.
 The features of both maritime and continental
climates
 Freezing, long winters and warm, short summers.
 Offshore westerlies as predominant winds
 Fishing as the most outstanding economic activity
 Mixed forests as the predominant vegetation

28. TUNDRA AND THE ICE-CAPS
(Polar World)
 Heaviest snowfall
 Lowest mean diurnal and annual temperature
 Least Biodiversity of both Plants & Animal
 Lowest biological productivity
 Least bacterial activity
 Most germ-free environment
 Largest continental glaciers
 Thickest ice sheets and caps

29. TUNDRA AND THE ICE-CAPS
(Polar World)
 Lowest biomass
 Slowest nutrient cycling
 Finest fur bearing animal
 Largest fur farms in tundra regions
 Poorest drainage
 Shortest growing season
 Longest days during summers
 Longest nights during winters

30. TUNDRA AND THE ICE-CAPS
(Polar World)
 Not a single tree (lies beyond the tree line!!)
 Regions lying beyond the Arctic and Antarctic circles
 The coldest deserts (the greatest heat deficit regions)
 The least density of population

31. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Parkland Scape ………………..
 Rainforest ………………..
 Granary of World ………………..
 World’s Orchard ………………..
 Treeless Grasslands ………………..
 Black Earths ………………..
 New Delhi ………………..
 Mosses & Lichens ………………..
 Maximum Biodiversity ………………..

32. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Winter Rainfall ………………..
 Permafrost ………………..
 Siberian Type ………………..
 Big Game Country ………………..
 Coffee & Tea ………………..
 RANCHING ………………..
 Conifers ………………..
 Olives ………………..
 Patagonia ………………..

33. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Largest reserves of hardwood ……………….
 Best developed for trapping of animals ……………….
for Fur
 Sudan type ……………….
 Double rainfall peaks ……………….
 Warm temperate western margin ……………….
 Lumbering best developed ……………….
 Cape Town ……………….
 Cork Oak ……………….

34. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Sal & Teak ……………….
 Elephant grasses ……………….
 Fur bearing animals ………………. And ……………….
 Pyrophytes ……………….
 Cool temperate eastern margin ……………….
 Minimum annual range of temperature ……………….
 High Veld ……………….
 Central Chile ……………….
 Extensive Mechanised Agriculture ……………….

35. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Giraffe ……………….
 Bush Veld ……………….
 Largest reserves of soft wood ……………….
 Giant Sequoia ……………….
 Hausa ……………….
 Lianas and Creepers ……………….
 Minimum Diurnal range of Temperature ……………….
 Intensive subsistence farming ……………….
 Soft wood trees in pure stands ……………….

36. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Greatest Wheat producing areas ……………….
 Best developed mixed farming ……………….
 Washed by cold currents ……………….
 Viticulture ……………….
 Best developed for dairying ……………….
 Wine industry ……………….
 Caribous ……………….
 Trade Wind Deserts ……………….
 More rain in Autumn & Winter ……………….

37. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Afternoon rains ……………….
 Selvas ……………….
 Oppressive & Enervating Climate ……………….
 Java ……………….
 Bushmen & Bindibu ……………….
 Largest reserves oil ……………….
 Maquis & Chaparral ……………….
 Lucerne/Alfalfa ……………….
 Cumulonimbus Clouds ……………….

38. BEGINNERS-QUIZ-1
 Market Gardening ……………….
 White pine, Douglas fir, Spruce & Larch ……………….
 Lapps & Samoyeds ……………….
 Vegetable civilization ……………….
 4 o’clock rainfall ……………….
 Largest production of oats and barley ……………….
 Least mean annual temperature ……………….
 Most productive part of mid latitude ……………….
 Great uniformity of temperature ……………….