Climate of China

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Owing to tremendous differences in latitude, longitude, and altitude, the climate of China is extremely diverse. It ranges from tropical or subtropical in the far south to subarctic in the far north, and alpine in the higher elevations of the Tibetan Plateau. Each region has dominant weather events. During the summer, the East Asian monsoon carries warm and moist air from the south and delivers the vast majority of the annual precipitation in much of the country. Conversely, the Siberian anticyclone dominates during winter, bringing cold and comparatively dry conditions. The advance and retreat of the monsoons account, in large degree, for the timing of the rainy season throughout the country. Access to weather is very geographically separated, with significant more rain in the South and South East, and drier regions on the interior of the country. These extremes are being amplified by multiple environmental issues. For example, agricultural and land use policies during the middle of...

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