Which of the following statements about the Equatorial region are correct? 1. It is a megathermal region 2. It is a sclerophyll region 3. It is a region of high development 4. It is a region of aerial streamlets Select the correct answer using the code. given below :

Which of the following statements about the Equatorial region are correct? 1. It is a megathermal region 2. It is a sclerophyll region 3. It is a region of high development 4. It is a region of aerial streamlets Select the correct answer using the code. given below : Correct Answer 1 and 4

The correct option is 1 i.e. 1 and 4.

• Hot and Wet equatorial climate:
  • This kind of climate is found between 5° to 10° north and south of the equator.
    •  In climatology, the term megathermal is used as a synonym for "tropical". Hence, Equatorial Region is a megathermal region. Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
  • The influence of the onshore trade winds gives rise to the modified type of equatorial climate with monsoonal influences.
  • Precipitation is heavy.
  • Rain is the most conventional type with a cumulonimbus cloud.
  • The region is sparsely populated with less development. Hence, the statement 3 is incorrect.
  • The vegetation found here is epiphytic and parasitic plants and hence it is also called as selvas. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.
    • Broad-leaved sclerophyll vegetation, including species such as holly (Ilex), is known as Mediterranean vegetation.
  • Most of the rains are intercepted by forest canopy which is thick and peculiar in layer and thus reaches ground surface slowly in the form of aerial streamlets through leaves, branches and stems of trees and thus there is maximum infiltration of rainwater. Hence, statement 4 is correct.