The diagram illustrates the variations between the features of tropical mountains and temperate mountains in different altitudes.
Overall, while both temperate mountains and tropical mountains are divided into four different parts, they have different sizes of each layer. Notably, while tropical mountains have a larger area for most part than temperate mountains, the only exception is for alpine meadows.
Turning to the three top parts of tropical mountains and temperate mountains, tropical mountains high around 5600 meters, equaled 21000 feets, being relatively twice as high as temperate mountains with 12000 feets, reaching 3400 meters. However, the top part of temperate mountains is entirely the same as the top part of tropical mountains, with permanent snow, alpine meadows, and forest arranged from the top to the bottom. Linked lines between layers of two mountain types are relatively similar, with a snow line between two top parts and a limit for broad – leaf trees in the middle of two bottom parts. However, the area for alpine meadows and forest of tropical mountains were distinguished by a limit for pine and fir, while that of temperate mountains is a limit for spruce.
Concerning the bottom part, while temperate mountains consist of the cool zone, tropical mountains have the addition of two zones, including the temperate zone and the warm zone. In addition, the cool zone of temperate mountains plays a role as general cultivation of grains, potatoes and flax, whereas that of tropical mountains is utilized for grain cultivation. The temperate zone of tropical mountains is used for coffee and plantation while the foot of them is suitable for many tropical crops.