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Mountain climate (also highland climate) is a crude geographical term used for the kind of climate
Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
 in the mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
s and generally in the high country. It is often contrasted to the climate of the cloudy, lowland area surrounding or near the same mountains.

The areas of mountain climate generally have colder winters and milder summers. Due to higher elevation, the temperature is by and large lower, the main form of precipitation is snow, often accompanied by stronger winds.






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Mountain climate (also highland climate) is a crude geographical term used for the kind of climate
Climate

Climate encompasses the temperatures, humidity, atmospheric pressure, winds, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other Meteorology elements in a given region over long periods of time, as opposed to the term weather, which refers to current activity of these same elements....
 in the mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
s and generally in the high country. It is often contrasted to the climate of the cloudy, lowland area surrounding or near the same mountains.

The areas of mountain climate generally have colder winters and milder summers. Due to higher elevation, the temperature is by and large lower, the main form of precipitation is snow, often accompanied by stronger winds. At the same time, due to increased insolation, there is more sunlight during the winter.

Under the Köppen climate classification
Köppen climate classification

The K?ppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classifications. It was developed by Wladimir K?ppen, a Russian climatologist, around 1900 ....
 scheme, areas described as having a mountain climate can fit under Alpine climate
Alpine climate

Alpine climate is the average weather for a region above the tree line. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the adiabatic lapse rate of air: air tends to get colder as it rises, since it expands....
, or under Hemiboreal
Hemiboreal

Hemiboreal means halfway between the temperate and subarctic zones. The term is most frequently used in the context of ecosystems.A hemiboreal forest will have some of the characteristics of a boreal forest, and also share some of the features of the temperate-zone forests to the south....
 climate, but also Semi-arid
Semi-arid

A Semi-arid climate or steppe climate generally describes climate regions that receive low annual rainfall . A more precise definition is given by the K?ppen climate classification that treats steppe climates as intermediates between the desert climates and humid climates in ecological characteristics and agricultural potential....
 climates.

The Cascade Mountains, the Rocky Mountains, the Andes, the Himalayas, the Tibetan Highlands (or Plateau), the Eastern Highlands of Africa, and the central parts of Borneo and New Guinea are important highland climates.

The mountain climate in the Andes
Andes

The Andes form the world's longest exposed mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The range is over 7,000 km long, 200-700 km wide , and of an average height of about 4,000 m ....
 is particularly known for the notion of four zones of elevation:
  • Tierra caliente
    Tierra caliente

    Tierra caliente is a term used in Latin America to refer to those places within that realm which have a distinctly tropical climate. The Tierra caliente forms at Sea Level to about 2,500 ft ....
     or hot land
  • Tierra templada
    Tierra templada

    Tierra templada is a pseudoclimatological term used in Latin America to refer to places within that realm which are either located in the tropics at a moderately high elevation, or are marginally outside the astronomical tropics, producing a somewhat cooler overall climate than that found in the tropical lowlands, the zone of which is known...
     or temperate land
  • Tierra fria
    Tierra fría

    Tierra fria is a pseudoclimatological term used in Latin America to refer to mountain locations within that realm, where high altitude results in a markedly cooler climate than that encountered in the lowlands at a comparable latitude....
     or cold land
  • Tierra helada
    Tierra helada

    Tierra helada is a term used in Latin America to refer to the highest places found within the Andes mountains.Tierra helada is for the Montane grasslands and shrublands, Sunis, Puna grasslands and Paramos between the Treeline and the Snow line....
     or frozen land