Discussion
Assertion (A): The Koppen system is described as an empirical classification.
Reason (R): Its boundaries were chosen to match observed vegetation limits rather than derived from circulation.
Answer: B
Correct answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Both are true and the reason gives the sense in which the system is empirical. Koppen was a botanist, and he set his thresholds where the observed vegetation changed - the 10 degree isotherm of the warmest month at the tree line, the 18 degree coldest-month limit for tropical vegetation. The boundaries therefore describe what is there rather than following from any theory of why, which is exactly what distinguishes an empirical classification from a genetic one.
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