| Chinese | English |
| 气候带 | climatic zone A belt of the earth's surface within which the climate is generally homogeneous in some respect; an elemental region of a simple climatic classification (在地球表面的一个带状区域内气候在某些方面具有相同特征；一个简单的气候分类的基本区域。) |
| 温带气候 | temperate climate The climate of the middle latitudes; the climate between the extremes of tropical climate and polar climate (中纬度地区的气候;热带气候和极地气候之间的气候。) |
| 热带气候 | tropical climate A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, that is, one with continually high temperatures and with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year (赤道和热带地区的一种典型气候，也就是说，至少在一年的部分时间里，会持续高温和大量降水。) |
