Latina American places with tropical climates
Tierra caliente is an informal term used in Latin America to refer to places with a distinctlytropical climate. These are usually regions from 0 to 3,000 feet above sea level.[1][2][3][4]The Peruvian geographer Javier Pulgar Vidal used the altitude of 1,000 m as the border between the tropical rain forest and the subtropical cloud forest (Yunga fluvial).[5]
Most tierra caliente regions are along coastal plains, but some interior basin regions also fit the label.Agriculture in those areas is dominated by tropical crops, such asbananas andsugar cane.
- Köppen climate classification
- Altitudinal zonation
- Tierra Caliente (Mexico), a low-elevation area in southwestern Mexico
- Tierra templada, ecoregion border: 2,500 ft or 1,000 m (Javier Pulgar Vidal)
- Tierra fría, ecoregion border, 6,000 ft or 2,300 m (Javier Pulgar Vidal)
- Tierra helada, ecoregion border, treeline: 12,000 ft or 3,500 m (Javier Pulgar Vidal)
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