Mountain climate is one of the unique features of the Andes and other high altitude reliefs where climate is determined by elevation. Below  in elevation is the warm altitudinal zone, where temperatures are above . About 82.5% of the country's total area lies in the warm altitudinal zone. The temperate climate altitudinal zone located between  is characterized for presenting an average temperature ranging between . The cold climate is present between  and the temperatures vary between . Beyond lies the alpine conditions of the forested zone and then the treeless grasslands of the páramos. Above , where temperatures are below freezing, the climate is glacial, a zone of permanent snow and ice.