中英双语讲中国故事《中国气候》 思仪

中国季风性气候十分显著，大半个中国都受季风性气候影响。
主演有温带季风性气候、亚热带季风性气候，还有海南、云南西双版纳等少部分地区受热带季风性气候影响。
另外，中国的西北地区由于处在内陆，属于温带大陆性气候，冬冷夏热，降水少。而西南地区是高原山地气候。以秦岭--淮河为界，以北为温带季风气候，夏季高温多雨，冬季寒冷干燥。以南为亚热带季风气候，夏季高温多雨，冬季低温少雨。

China has a marked continental monsoonal climate characterized by great variety. Northerly winds prevail in winter, while southerly winds reign in summer. The four seasons are quite distinct. The rainy season coincides with the hot season.

From September to April the following year, the dry and cold winter monsoons from Siberia and Mongolia in the north gradually become weak as they reach the southern part of the country, resulting in cold and dry winters and great differences in temperature. The cold summer monsoons last from April to September.

The warm and moist summer monsoons from the oceans bring abundant rainfall and high temperatures, with little difference in temperature between the south and the north. China's complex and varied climate results in a great variety of temperature belts, and dry and moist zones.

In terms of temperature, the nation can be divided from the south to the north into equatorial, tropical, sub-tropical, warm-temperate, temperate, and cold-temperate zones; in terms of moisture, it can be divided from southeast to northwest into humid (32 percent of land area), semi-humid (15 percent), semi-arid (22 percent) and arid zones (31 percent).