- Temperature decreases with increase in altitude.
- Rainfall increases with height upto 300m then it starts to decrease
- Windward slopes are wetter than leeward slopes.
- Atmospheric pressure decreases with increasing altitude.
- Local winds are common, they blow up slope during the day and down slope
during night.
- In temp. regime slopes facing the equator are warmer than those facing the poles
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