| Equatorial climate | Tropical continental climate |
(a) Location | 0 - 10°N and South Amazon basin (South America), Zaire, coasts of West Africa Malaysia, Indonesia, Colombia | -10 - 30°N and South West Africa (North)-East Africa, Brazil, North Australia,- Orinoco basin (South America) |
(b) Temperature characteristics. | (i) Mean annual temperature = 27°C(ii) Annual temperature range = 2°C(iii) Uniformity of temperature throughout the year | - Mean annual temperature = 21°C- Annual temperature range = 9°C- Alternating hot, rainy season and cool dry season |
(c) Rainfall distribution | (i) Rainfall is throughout the year(ii) Mean annual rainfall = 240cm(iii) It has double maxima of rainfall | - Rainfall is seasonal Mean annual rainfall = 85cm- It has only single maximum of rainfall |