Peru is traversed by the Andes, separating a narrow coastal region from the eastern tropical lowland. Peru has only one rainfall regime, with a dry and wet season, with the exception of the the Coastal Desert with negligible precipitation all year round. The effect of the Andes on the coastal region, together with the Humbolt
current in the adjacent ocean is to keep the Pacific ITCZ to the north
by reinforcing a very stable south Pacific anticyclone that produces subsidence
all year long along the Peruvian and Northern Chilean coast. On the eastern
side of the Andes, all year long rainfall is found in the lowland Amazon
Basin, which is under the influence of the Atlantic trade winds, that
bring moisture into region. Only during June-July do the winds and the
rainfall recede.
The climate of Peru can be subdivided into 4 regions 1) Coastal district: Desert climate
2) Andes highlands: Tropical summer rain climate 3) Northeast and eastern slopes of the Andes: Tropical Rain climate
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