What are the distribution characteristics of climate types in Africa

What are the distribution characteristics of climate types in Africa

According to the different characteristics of the climate in different regions, the climate in Africa can be divided into four types: tropical rain forest, tropical grassland, tropical desert and Mediterranean climate, which are distributed in an obvious East-West belt with the equator as the center, The climate of the Congo Basin and the Gulf of Guinea near the equator is tropical rain forest with high temperature and rainfall all the year round; the climate of the tropical rain forest on the north and south sides of the tropical rain forest climate belt and the East African plateau is tropical grassland with summer rain and dry winter and high temperature all the year round; the climate of the Tropic of cancer on the outside of the tropical grassland climate belt is controlled by the regressive high-pressure downdraft, It is a tropical desert climate with high temperature and dryness all the year round, while the coastal areas at the north and south ends of the African continent have a subtropical Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summer and mild and rainy winter, In addition, it has something to do with the fact that the topography is a little undulating plateau continent, lack of the barrier of high mountains, small vertical climate change, little change in the distribution of temperature and precipitation in Africa, and obvious zonality

Characteristics and distribution areas of 13 climate types

Tropical climate tropical rain forest climate tropical rain forest climate (also known as equatorial rain forest climate) is characterized by high temperature and rainy throughout the year. It is located on both sides of the equator of each continent and extends about 5 ° to 10 ° to the South and North, such as Amazon plain in South America, Congo Basin and Gulf of Guinea coast in Africa, some archipelago in Southeast Asia, etc