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This classification divides world’s climates into three major divisions - the low latitude
climates, the middle latitude climates and the high latitude climates. These three divisions are then subdivided into 14 climatic regions to which is added highland climates having altitude as the dominant control. The criteria used in this classification scheme are the character of the dominant air masses and the precipitation characteristics.
The classification is as follows:
I} Low latitude climates- controlled by equatorial and tropical air masses
(c) Wet equatorial
(d) Trade wind equatorial
(e) Tropical desert and steppe
(f) West coast desert
(g) Tropical wet –dry
II} Middle latitude climates- controlled by tropical and polar air masses
(a) Humid subtropical
(b) Marine west coast
(c) Mediterranean
(d) Middle latitude desert and steppe
(e) Humid continental
III }High latitude climates- controlled by polar and arctic air masses
(a) Continental sub artic
(b) Marine sub artic
(c) Tundra
(d) Ice cap
(e) Highland climates – are found in major highland areas of the world where altitude is the dormant control of climates.
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