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View Poll Results: Which one is the most diverse in climate?
China 24 16.11%
America 113 75.84%
India 7 4.70%
Russia 5 3.36%
Voters: 149. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-15-2020, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Saint-Petersburg
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USA has 20 Koppen climate types: Af, Am, Aw, BWh, BWk, BWk, BSk, Csa, Csb, Cfa, Cfb, Dsa, Dsb, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, Dwa, Dwb, Dwc, ET.
India has 18 Koppen climate types: Am, Aw, BWh, BWk, BSh, BSk, Csa, Cfa, Cfb, Cwa, Cwb, Cwc, Dsb, Dfa, Dfb, Dwc, Dwd, ET.
China has 13 Koppen climate types: Am, Aw, BWk, BSh, BSk, Dsb, Dfa, Dfb, Dwa, Dwb, Dwc, Dwd, ET.
Russia has 13 Koppen climate type: BWk, BSk, Cfa, Dsc, Dsd, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, Dfd, Dwa, Dwb, Dsc, Dwd, ET.
So, USA is winner.
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Old 04-15-2020, 05:51 PM
 
Location: PNW
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If you count the territories it's even more of a landslide. Got everything from the tropical Virgin Islands to tundra northern Alaska and everything in between.
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Old 04-15-2020, 07:34 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Am I colour blind or is there a small patch of the Cfa zone in southwestern California (I think it's somewhere between LA and San Diego)?







If so, then how does that make sense?
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Old 04-16-2020, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Saint-Petersburg
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Am I colour blind or is there a small patch of the Cfa zone in southwestern California (I think it's somewhere between LA and San Diego)?

If so, then how does that make sense?

Thank you, I try to tell author of this map about mistake.
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Old 04-16-2020, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Sheffield, England
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Have to say the USA for sure.
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Old 04-16-2020, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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It's not fair to count Alaska, IMO.

By that logic, we can might as well count the Antarctic territories of Australia.
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Old 04-16-2020, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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America with China being a close second for climate diversity.
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Old 04-16-2020, 08:12 PM
 
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It's not fair to count Alaska, IMO.

By that logic, we can might as well count the Antarctic territories of Australia.
Alaska isn't a territory, it's a full-fledged state. Of course it counts, just as Hawaii counts and all 48 continental states count.

No one should be counting territories.
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Old 04-16-2020, 08:14 PM
 
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Thank you, I try to tell author of this map about mistake.
Definitely a mistake. I live in that patch and it's not a different climate than the immediate north and south of it.
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Old 04-17-2020, 03:11 AM
 
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Alaska isn't a territory, it's a full-fledged state. Of course it counts, just as Hawaii counts and all 48 continental states count.

No one should be counting territories.
You didn't get my logic. I am speaking from a geographical perspective, not a political one.

Both a state or territory that is NOT part of the contiguous land should NOT be counted. Especially one that is 1500 mi/2400 km+ away and is adjoining other countries (this case, Canada and Russia). Now if Alaska were an island just a a few hundred kilometres off the coast of, say, California, then yeah you can count it. Same way Tasmania can be counted to determine Australia's climatic diversity, since it's only a few hundred kilometres to the south of the mainland.

The climate of Alaska is its own ballgame, since the region is not even connected to the contiguous US. So that's why I think it should be dismissed, whether it's a state, a territory and whatnot. Now if contiguous US were large enough to adjoin Alaska from, say, the northwest then you could count Alaska. This means Pacific coast Canadian cities like Vancouver would have to be in the US. Only this time Alaska stands a chance. Otherwise, no.
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