Tierra caliente

This article is about the climate-related term. For the region in Mexico, see Tierra Caliente (Mexico). For the music genre, see Tierra Caliente music.

Tierra caliente is an informal term used in Latin America to refer to places with a distinctly tropical climate. These are usually regions from 0 to 3,000 feet above sea level.^[1][2][3][4] The Peruvian geographer Javier Pulgar Vidal used the altitude of 1,000 m as the border between the tropical rain forest and the subtropical cloud forest (Yunga fluvial).^[5]

Most tierra caliente regions are along coastal plains, but some interior basin regions also fit the label. Agriculture in those areas is dominated by tropical crops, such as bananas and sugar cane.

See also

• Köppen climate classification
• Altitudinal zonation
• Tierra templada, ecoregion border: 2,500 ft or 1,000 m (Javier Pulgar Vidal)
• Tierra fría, ecoregion border, 6,000 ft or 2,300 m (Javier Pulgar Vidal)
• Tierra helada, ecoregion border, treeline: 12,000 ft or 3,500 m (Javier Pulgar Vidal)

Literature

1. Brigitta Schütt (2005); Azonale Böden und Hochgebirgsböden Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
2. Zech, W. and Hintermaier-Erhard, G. (2002); Böden der Welt – Ein Bildatlas, Heidelberg, p. 98.
3. Christopher Salter, Joseph Hobbs, Jesse Wheeler and J. Trenton Kostbade (2005); Essentials of World Regional Geography 2nd Edition. NY: Harcourt Brace. p.464-465.
4. "Middle America: Altitudinal Zonation". www.harpercollege.edu. Harper College. Archived from the original on June 19, 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
5. Pulgar Vidal, Javier: Geografía del Perú; Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Perú. Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition (his dissertation of 1940): Las ocho regiones naturales del Perú, Boletín del Museo de historia natural "Javier Prado", n° especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145-161.