Mountain climate - key characteristics

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Altitudinal zonation
We will explore
- what is typical for mountain climates everywhere, globally.
- what varies from region to region.
Click on one of the symbols to proceed. Before you do so, guess whether the climate element you choose varies with altitude globally in a similar way or reflects regional peculiarities.

Altitude for latitude
A most characteristic element of life in mountains is the compression of climatic life zones over short distances otherwise separated by thousands of kilometres of latitude.

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Compression of life zones