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Latitude.
Latitude is the angular distance of a point north or south of the equator. The farther away from the equator the lower the temperature while the nearer to the equator, the higher the temperature. Unlike areas near the poles, the mid-day sun is always high in the sky within the tropics and the sun rays at the equator concentrate their heating power onto a relatively small area of the ground.
The ground surface near the equator therefore gets much hotter than that near the pole. East Africa being a region that lies astride the equator therefore experiences high temperatures, except for some areas of high altitude. The effect of latitude on temperature can be illustrated as follows.
The ground surface near the equator therefore gets much hotter than that near the pole. East Africa being a region that lies astride the equator therefore experiences high temperatures, except for some areas of high altitude. The effect of latitude on temperature can be illustrated as follows.