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English: South Asia map of Köppen climate classification. Date: 20 February 2016: Source: ... User:Oganesson007/Köppen Climate Classification/Regions of the world;
The climate of Asia is dry across its southwestern region. Some of the largest daily temperature ranges on Earth occur in the western part of Asia . The monsoon circulation dominates across the southern and eastern regions, due to the Himalayas forcing the formation of a thermal low which draws in moisture during the summer.
Dry-winter subtropical highland climate (Cwb) is a type of climate mainly found in highlands inside the tropics of Central America, South America, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia or areas in the subtropics. Winters are noticeable and dry, and summers can be very rainy.
The first people to observe the combined pattern of the monsoons' branches over different regions of South Asia were sailors in the Arabian Sea [10] who traveled between Africa, India, and Southeast Asia. The monsoon can be categorized into two branches based on their spread over the subcontinent: Arabian Sea branch; Bay of Bengal branch
English: Southeast Asia map of Köppen climate classification. Date: 20 February 2016: ... User:Oganesson007/Köppen Climate Classification/Regions of the world;
The United Nations Statistics Division, charged with collecting statistical data on global regions including Asia, publishes a classification standard, United Nations M49, which assigns code numbers to continental regions, areas and countries, based on statistical purposes, [26] and the countries and regions grouped together don't imply any ...
The humid subtropical zone of the US South according to Trewartha is coloured yellow-green on this map: If using the Köppen climate classification with the 0 °C coldest-month isotherm, the subtropics extend from Martha's Vineyard, extreme SW Rhode Island, and most of Long Island to central Florida in the eastern states, include the southern ...
Today, the most commonly used climate map is the Köppen climate classification, developed by Russian climatologist of German descent and amateur botanist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940), which divides the world into five major climate regions, based on average annual precipitation, average monthly precipitation, and average monthly temperature.