Saturday, March 26, 2011

Climate and vegetation

Climate-The Himalayas is covered in snow and
the temperature reach up to -60 on an average a day.The Himalayan Alpine climate varies according to the elevation. It gets colder as the elevation increases and gets wetter as the elevation drops. As a result the temeparture and climatic changes in the Himalayan regions change very quickly. All of a sudden there can be occurances of monsoons, floods, high winds, snowstorms..... which makes the climate over here quiet an unpredictable and dangerous one.

The two major seasons of the Himalayan region are winter and summer. During the winter the region recieves the a lot of snow and very low temperatures. Summer are quiet mild over here, making the places overe here quiet good summer holiday hideouts. Usually throughout the year te Alpine Himalayan region recieves Snow.
Rhododendrons(can be used as medicine)

Vegetation-
Because of the region's freezing temperatures, low levels of oxygen and strong winds(due to the highaltitude ), plants grow closer to the ground and have short growing seasons.Forests may also be found at the low altitude regions.

Orchid(they use this part to pollinate)
Plants like Rhododendrons,Orchids,Blue Poppies,Geraniums,Begonias........ can be found.
Geraniums

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