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Climate Classification and Division of China

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As far as a climate classification and division is concerned, China represents a great complexity and diversity due to the country’s vast territory and extremely complex landforms. In detail, three major climate-governing factors must be taken into consideration for the climate of China as such and for its division over space: (1) the geographical latitude, (2) the elevation above sea level and (3) the distance from the Pacific Ocean. Of particular importance for a climate regionalization of China is the country’s location on the southeastern corner of the Eurasian continent against the Pacific Ocean, which means that the nature of the surrounding regions varies from open oceans to compact land masses. As can be inferred from the complex geographical setting of China itself, on the one hand, and from the macro-locational context, on the other, the climate division of China plausibly results from interacting earth-atmosphere processes, both within China and from outside.