The text-book description of tropical highland climates is frequently so simplified as to suggest that increase in altitude has comparable effects to increase in latitude. In East Africa, from sea-level to nearly 20,000 feet, one might expect to find a range of climates equivalent to those found from the Equator to the Arctic or Antarctic: but the farmer or gardener soon becomes aware of differences when he introduces European plants to the East African highlands and finds that some will not grow well, or will not flower, in the light and temperature conditions of the short tropical day. There is considerable difference between 'temperate' high latitude climates and 'temperate' climates at high altitudes in the tropics. This paper contains information on the variations in temperature in East Africa: The classification of tropical highland climates; Altitudinal gradients; Diurnal temperature conditions. Figures; tables; bibliographical notes.
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Kenworthy, J. M. (1966). Temperature Conditions in the Tropical Highland Climates of East Africa. East African Geographical Review, (4), 1–11.
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