3.3. The Savannah or Sudan Climate

Distribution: The Savannah or Sudan Climate is a transitional type of climate found between the equatorial forest and the trade wind hot deserts. It is confined within the tropics and is best developed in the Sudan where the dry and wet seasons are most distinct, hence its name the Sudan Climate. The belt includes West African Sudan, and then curves southwards into East Africa and southern Africa north of the Tropic of Capricorn. In South America, there are two distinct regions of savannah north and south of the equator, namely the llanos of the Orinoco basin and the Campos of the Brazilian Highlands.