Equatorial climate
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The Amazon river basin has an equatorial climate.
An equatorial climate is a type of tropical climate in which there is no dry season – all months have mean precipitation values of at least 60mm. It is usually found at latitudes within five degrees of the equator – which are dominated by the Intertropical Convergence Zone.
The equatorial climate is denoted Af in the Köppen climate classification. Tropical rainforest is the natural vegetation in equatorial regions.
[edit] Cities with an Equatorial climate
- Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta, Indonesia
- Image:Flag of the Philippines.svg Manila, Philippines
- Image:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
- Image:Flag of Panama.svg Panama City, Panama
- Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Manaus, Brazil
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Belém, Brazil
- Image:Flag of Peru.svg Iquitos, Peru
- Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Esmeraldas, Ecuador
- Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Kisangani, DR Congo
- Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Leticia, Colombia
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Rio Branco, Brazil
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Macapá, Brazil
- Image:Flag of Peru.svg Pucallpa, Peru
- Image:Flag of Brunei.svg Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
- Image:Flag of Uganda.svg Entebbe, Uganda
- Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Johor Bahru, Malaysia
- Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Georgetown, Malaysia
- Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuching, Malaysia
- Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg Banda Aceh, Indonesia
- Image:Flag of Maldives.svg Malé, Maldives
- Image:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Bluefields, Nicaragua
- Image:Flag of Guyana.svg Georgetown, Guyana
- Image:Flag of Suriname.svg Paramaribo, Suriname
- Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Boa Vista, Brazil
- Please add more to this list
Climate types under the Köppen climate classification | |
|---|---|
| Class A | Equatorial (Af) · Monsoon (Am) · Savanna (Aw, As) |
| Class B | Desert (BWh, BWk) · Semi-arid (BSh, BSk) |
| Class C | Humid subtropical (Cfa, Cwa) · Oceanic (Cfb, Cwb, Cfc) · Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) |
| Class D | Humid continental (Dfa, Dwa, Dfb, Dwb) · Subarctic (Dfc, Dwc, Dfd, Dwd) · Continental (Dsa, Dsb) . Other continental (Dsc, Dsd) |
| Class E | Polar (ET, EF) · Alpine (ETH) |
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