Tropical regions cover approximately 40% of the surface of the earth and have a diversity of climates. As noted by Köppen (1936), two broad categories of tropical climates can be distinguished, namely tropical rainforest and periodically dry savannah. Depending on the rainfall, these two categories are often further subdivided.
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Dissanayake, C., Chandrajith, R. (2009). Geochemistry of the Tropical Environment. In: Introduction to Medical Geology. Erlangen Earth Conference Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00485-8_2
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