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On the basis of the climatic zones there are four major regions in the world-
The Four Major Climatic
Regions
The Desert Region
The Tundra Region
The Temperate Grassland Region
The Tropical and Equatorial Region
Come let’s now see where these regions are located and what they consist of.
Let’s start with THE EQUATORIAL REGION.
Where is this region located?
The Equatorial Region of the world is located 0º to10 º north and south of the Equator, that is , in the Tropical or the Torrid Zone.
It has a hot and wet climate throughout the year. The high temperature and heavy rainfall throughout the year produced abundant growth of trees specially in two parts of the world – in North of South America and the Central parts of Africa.
In South America , the Amazon rainforest is known as the SELVAS
In Africa the rain forest is known as the CONGO RAIN FOREST
There are different types of animals seen in these forests, namely different varieties of monkeys …..