Places on the equator (0 degrees) tend to be rain forests. Places on the tropics of cancer/capricorn (30 degrees) tend to be deserts. This is due to the way the upper atmosphere works.

Air that rises tends to rain. Air that falls tends to be cloudless. This is because of how the dewpoint changes at different altitudes.

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