The given diagram compares the disparity in temperature ranges and the distribution of vegetation among tropical and temperate mountains.
Overall, there are transparent differences between the altitude ranges between the two types of mountains, in which tropical highlands have a wider range of altitude-based temperature zones compared to temperate counterparts, reaching higher altitudes before encountering permanent snow. Additionally, the dissemination of vegetation growth is clearly distinct with tropical mountains showing the more diversity of crop cultivations and tree limits than the remaining.
Regarding the specific zones of two kinds of mountains bottom-up, in tropical mountains, the warm zone extends from sea-level to just above 550 meters (nearly 2000 feet), providing optimal conditions for various tropical crops. As the elevation increases, the temperate zone, spanning to about 1700 meters, is predominantly utilized for coffee and cocoa trees. In contrast, temperate mountains begin from a cool zone stretching from 0 to 1500 meters, which is typically suitable for grain cultivation, potatoes and flax.
Continuing upward, the cool area in tropical highlands, limiting at 3000 meters, promotes grain cultivation and sets the boundary for broad-leaf trees. Above this zone, pine and fir forests thrive between 3000 and 3800 meters, followed by alpine meadows from 3800 to 4300 meters and permanent snow above 4300 meters. Temperate mountains, conversely, spruce forests dominate between 1500 and 1750 meters, while alpine meadows are approximately 1000 meters length, and permanent snow is placed above 2800 meters.