Editing Americas (section)

===Climate===
[[File:Americas Köppen Map.png|upright=1.3|thumb|Climate zones of the Americas in the [[Köppen climate classification]] system]]

The climate of the Americas varies significantly from region to region. [[Tropical rainforest climate]] occurs in the latitudes of the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]], American [[cloud forest]]s, southeastern Florida and [[Darién Gap]]. In the [[Rocky Mountains]] and [[Andes]], dry and continental climates are observed. Often the higher altitudes of these mountains are snow-capped.

Southeastern North America is well known for its occurrence of [[tornadoes]] and [[hurricanes]], of which the vast majority of tornadoes occur in the United States' [[Tornado Alley]],<ref name="Science News 1">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020511/bob9.asp|title=Tornado Alley, USA|last=Perkins|first=Sid|date=May 11, 2002|magazine=[[Science News]]|pages=296–298|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825011156/http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20020511/bob9.asp|archive-date=August 25, 2006|access-date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> as well as in the southerly [[Dixie Alley]] in the North American late-winter and early spring seasons. Often parts of the Caribbean are exposed to the violent effects of hurricanes. These weather systems are formed by the collision of dry, cool air from Canada and wet, warm air from the Atlantic.