2. DISTRIBUTION
FROM THE TROPIC OF CANCER TO THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ,
FROM THE TROPIC OF CAPRICORN TO THE ANTARTIC
CIRCLE.
CLIMATE AFFECTS VEGETAION OF THIS BELT.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURE- TEMPERTE GRASSLANDS.
3. CLIMATE
• MODERATE CLIMATE
• WARM SUMMERS, COLD WINTERS
• LARGE DIURNAL RANGEOF TEMPERATURE
• MODERTAE TO LOW RAINFALL
• CLIMATE VARIATIONS- MEDITERRANEAN, MARITIME, SUBTROPICAL,
CONTINENTAL.
6. PEOPLE
• WELL POPULATED
• UNINTERUPTED PLAINS FOR EXTENSIVE FARMING
• GRANARY OF THR WORLD
• PIVOTAL PASTORAL INDUSTRY-PASTORAL FARMS , ESTANCIAS AND GUACHOS
THE COWBOYS WHO MANAGED THE FARMS
• TRIBES- KHOIKHOI, SAN, BANTU, KIRGHIZ, TURK, MONGOL
• NOMADIC LIFE, LIVESTOCK REARING.