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You forgot Spain. In Europe, Spain is the most diverse.
Spain has the biggest climate diversity for a country of 500.000km2 range. In Mexico you can put 5 Spains, in Argentina even more, and on US and China... much more.
That map of Spain misses some climates. It's maded by someone called Adam Peterson and it's a own made map. It misses BWk and BWh climates in Spain: (this map is the official from 1971-2000 data)
Spain has 14 different climates just in the Iberian Peninsula. If we add the Canary Islands... I think that we can add a couple more of them. Without the Canary Islands is the 6th worldwide.
Still impressive for a country with an extension of just 505.990 km2 (195.364 sq mi).
Spain is certainly diverse among countries of its size, but it definitely doesn't make the cut for the top ten, and we are talking in absolute terms, not relative to the size of a country. Furthermore, I don't think we can make a fair ranking valuing the surface too, as lesser countries will always be advantageous (climates 'repeat' throughout the world).
As I had said, the amount of Köppen types may not be a good method to determine how diverse the climate of the territory is due to the possibility of similar places getting through the thresholds between different types. The map you posted provides a great example. According to the map, the Iberian Peninsulta manages to get all the four B climates. However, three of them are very scarce and casual, so basically we can say it's a single "dry mediterranean" climate what we have there. On the contrary, you can count on Chos Malal as a dry mediterranean climate in Argentina, but then there are absolutely dissimilar places such as La Quiaca, Mina La Casualidad, San Juan and RÃo Gallegos.
Spain is certainly diverse among countries of its size, but it definitely doesn't make the cut for the top ten, and we are talking in absolute terms, not relative to the size of a country. Furthermore, I don't think we can make a fair ranking valuing the surface too, as lesser countries will always be advantageous (climates 'repeat' throughout the world).
As I had said, the amount of Köppen types may not be a good method to determine how diverse the climate of the territory is due to the possibility of similar places getting through the thresholds between different types. The map you posted provides a great example. According to the map, the Iberian Peninsulta manages to get all the four B climates. However, three of them are very scarce and casual, so basically we can say it's a single "dry mediterranean" climate what we have there. On the contrary, you can count on Chos Malal as a dry mediterranean climate in Argentina, but then there are absolutely dissimilar places such as La Quiaca, Mina La Casualidad, San Juan and RÃo Gallegos.
I've said that Spain is the most diverse in Europe, not worldwide of course'
But in worldwide terms it enters inside the top 10, probably at the 7-8th place. And it's extension is something bigger than California.
Diversity is what Spain has in big terms. In Almeria province in a 2 hour drive you can be from a desertic beach to a snowy forest at a high altitude mountain, passing by 5-6 different climate ranges on just a 2 hour drive!
(I'm not entirely sure, I'm not an expert in India's climate as I don't check it as often as I do with Argentina, Australia, Chile, USA, Canada, Russia and some others...)
(I'm not entirely sure, I'm not an expert in India's climate as I don't check it as often as I do with Argentina, Australia, Chile, USA, Canada, Russia and some others...)
(I'm not entirely sure, I'm not an expert in India's climate as I don't check it as often as I do with Argentina, Australia, Chile, USA, Canada, Russia and some others...)
Hottest Summer: Death Valley: 46.9°C
Coldest Summer: Mt.Rainier?: 1°C
if you don't count mountain tops it would be Barrow: 8.3°C
Difference: 45.9°C or 38.6°C
Hottest Summer: Death Valley: 46.9°C
Coldest Summer: Mt.Rainier?: 1°C
if you don't count mountain tops it would be Barrow: 8.3°C
Difference: 45.9°C or 38.6°C
1 USA: Tropical in Hawaii and Florida, Arctic in Alaska. Alpine in the Rockies, Desertic in Arizona, Temperate, subtropical, Mediterranean, semi-arid, continetal forests, 50 ° C in Death Valley at -50º C on top of Mount McKinley! From one of the driest places (Death Valley) to one of the wettest of the earth (Maui)!
2 China: from polar climate from Siberia to Equatorial in Hainan! Tropical and temperate forests, cold and hot deserts and the highest mountain ranges complete the landscape! Temperate climate in Beijing, subtropical in Hong Kong!
3 Argentina: from subtropical to sub polar, it is a country of exceptional diversity! Some areas are tropical to the north, temperate in most of the country, subtropical in the steppes, some the driest deserts in the world, the polar climate to the south and the Andes
4 India: Glaciers in the Himalayas, very hot in the southern plains, monsoons command the country's climate, which also has scorching and sandy deserts.
5 Australia: Most desert, in addition to Outback, the country presents subtropical climate in the southeast, Equatorial and tropical in the north, Mediterranean and oceanic in the south.
6 Mexico: Cut by the tropic of cancer, the country has climates ranging from tundras and snow in the mountains, to desertic on the border with the US. Equatorial, tropical climates in Yucatan, Mediterranean in Guadalupe, in addition to subtropical and oceanic
7 Brazil: Traversed by Ecuador in the north and the tropic of capricorn in the south, the humid equatorial forests of the Amazon bloom alongside the dry Sertão, a semi arid area in the country. In the center of the territory, savannas grow in a dry tropical climate, already on the beaches it has a humid tropical climate, in addition to the subtropical and temperate climate in the southern mountains.
8 Russia: The Giant Giant has in the Caucasus region its greatest diversity: semi arid, oceanic and subtropical. Most country and polar, sub polar, between many wet and dry areas.
9 Chile: very narrow, this did not prevent the country from being very diverse: from deserts to glaciers. Also the Mediterranean climate, temperate and alpine in the Andes.
10 Peru: cold in the mountains of the Andes to very rainy and hot in the plains of the Peruvian Amazon. The south coast is the desertic climate, the north coast is tropical dry.
Location: João Pessoa,Brazil(The easternmost point of Americas)
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1 USA: Tropical in Hawaii and Florida, Arctic in Alaska. Alpine in the Rockies, Desertic in Arizona, Temperate, subtropical, Mediterranean, semi-arid, continetal forests, 50 ° C in Death Valley at -50º C on top of Mount McKinley! From one of the driest places (Death Valley) to one of the wettest of the earth (Maui)!
What you mean by continental forests?
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1. USA
2. China
3. Argentina, come on man how was this not in the poll
4. India
5. Chile/Australia/Perú
Sure,Argentina is the most diverse country in the Southern Hemisphere and one of most of the world,in both climate and vegetation.
1. USA
2. China
3. Argentina, come on man how was this not in the poll
4. India
5. Chile/Australia/Perú
Argentina may be diverse for its size, but it isn't really that diverse to deserve a nod globally. It lacks true continental climates. Most of the country is temperate (humid subtropical, Med and oceanic, which don't differ that greatly in temps). The centre is arid/semi-arid and the far south is tundra or subpolar oceanic. It pretty much has three prominent climate zones (B, C & E), unlike China and the US.
Australia is more diverse than India, dare I say. India is mostly tropical savannah and monsoonal, humid subtropical in the top half, cooler humid subtropical in the far north and alpine in the mountains. It has no oceanic, Mediterranean or continental climates. For its large size, it should be really diverse.
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