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Quito, Ecuador, is located on the equator and is not a coastal city. It has an average annual temperature of only 13C (55F). What is the likely cause of this low average temperature?
 
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Why do isotherms generally trend east - west?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Quito is at a high elevation in the Andes, and temperature drops an average of 6.5C per kilometer gain in elevation.

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Isotherms illustrate one of the most fundamental aspects of world temperature distribution: that the effectiveness of incoming solar radiation in heating Earth's surface and the atmosphere above is largely a function of latitude.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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