Northwestern Europe, South Chile in South America, British Columbia in Canada and South Island of New Zealand experience this climate. The human response in this region includes:

(i) Intensive agriculture is common and yields are high.

(ii) Mixed farming involving cultivation of crops and rearing of animals is practiced.

(iii) Market gardening is widespread.

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(iv) Mining industry is set up where minerals are found.

(v) Industrialization.

(vi) Fishing has developed on commercial scale.

(vii) Rearing of sheep in New Zealand for wool and mutton has developed on a commercial scale.

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In regions like Himalayas in Asia, Alps in Europe, Rockies in North America and Andes in South America, climate and natural vegetation vary with altitude. They also vary due to exposure to winds, i.e., the climate and vegetation varies on the south face of the mountain. The foothills of the mountain in the lower latitude have tropical evergreen rain forest (equatorial). As we go higher, deciduous forests are found. Still higher up it is followed by mixed forest with more of deciduous trees and less of coniferous trees. Still further up there is more of coniferous trees and less of deciduous trees. This gives way to complete coniferous forests and then to Alpine vegetation with mosses and lichen, and then permanent snow.