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1、ClimateBriefIntroductionChinahasamarkedcontinentalmonsoonclimatecharacterizedbygreatvariety.MostpartsofChinaareinthenortherntemperatezonewhilepartsofthesouthernareaareinthetropicalorsubtropicalzoneandpartsofthenorthernareaintheFrigidZone.MostofChinaliesinthenorthtemperaturezone,char
2、acterizedbyawarmclimateandcleardivisionbetweenseasons,aclimatewellsuitedforhabitation.Inwinter,northerlywindsfromhighlatitudeareaskeepthenorthernpartscoldanddry;whileinsummer,monsoonsfromeasternandsoutherncoastalareasbringwarmnessandmoisture.Theclimatealsovarieswiththeextensiveterri
3、toryandvarioustopographyfromregiontoregion.InnorthernChina,summeriswarmandshort,whilewinteriscoldandlong.InsouthernChina,summerislong,humidandhot,andthewintershortandwarm,withtemperaturerarelybelowfreezing.IncentralChina(thevalleyareaalongtheYangtzeRiver),divisionbetweenseasonsiscle
4、ar--summerislong,hotandhumidwhilewinter,shortandcold.InnorthwesternChina,suchasXinjiangandInnerMongolia,summerisdryandswelteringandwinterisformidablycold.OntheQinghai-TibetPlateau(about4,000metersabovesealevel)insouthwesternChina,winterisextremelycoldandsummerisshortandmoderatelywar
5、m,withlittleprecipitationandgreatdifferenceintemperaturebetweendayandnight.ClimateZoneChinaseesvariousothertypesofclimateduetoitsvastterritory.Temperaturebeltsfromsouthtonorthappearinthisorder:tropicalzone,subtropicalzone,temperatezone,mediumtemperatezoneandfrigidtemperatezone.There
6、isalsoaverticalclimaticzoneontheQinghai-TibetPlateauinsouthwesternChina.SituatedintheeasternpartoftheAsiancontinentandfacingthePacific,Chinaalsohasaprominentmonsoonclimate.Inaddition,othertypesofclimate,suchasalpineclimate,plateauclimate,desertclimate,forestclimateandbasinclimate,co
7、existinChina,duetocomplicatedtopographyandagreatdisparityinelevation.MonsoonClimateMostofChinahasacontinentalmonsoonclimate.FromSeptembertoAprilofthefollowingyear,thedryandcoldwintermonsoonblowfromSiberiaandtheMongolianPlateau,resultingincoldanddrywintersandgreatdifferencesinthetemp
8、eraturesofnortherna
