As the amount of heat varies from north to south and the degree of moisture varies from east to west, natural elements, such as the climate, vegetation, soil, hydrology, and their interactions, form a striped distribution on the Earth’s surface. Zonality includes north-south, east-west, and vertical components. The north-south and east-west components make up horizontal zonality.
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(2020). Horizontal Zonality. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_1079
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