<p>I have land in India (the tropics), in the hills, on a slope from 6800 feet - 5200 ft altitude (roughly). At that lowest point there's a stream of about 10-15m across. On one side is our land, on the other side, a steep thickly forested slope upwards. Generally my entire land is a very sunny area, high radiation, though not hot like the tropical plains (it rarely crosses 28C even in summer, usually hangs around 20-25C during the day. In Winter, it drops to a minimum of 7C, and hangs around 13-19C during the day).</p>

<p>This stream portion of my land is as yet unexplored and unused. I have rudimentary equipment to measure the microclimate (min-max thermometer, hygrometer), but I don't want to waste a year measuring things if possible.. so are there likely to be any appreciable microclimactic differences one can expect along a stream so small? </p>

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@Friddy true. what I mean is.. are there known or thought to be big enough microclimactic differences with such places.. that, say for example, a tropical plant that needs humidity but not much heat would grow near the stream whereas it would fail further up the slope? If that question is also vague, how would I go about measuring things to ask a better question/get a better idea with rudimentary equipment?
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@Friddy Such an interesting answer. Thank you. If you have the time and are inclined to, could you link me studies (or case studies) of that sort that you might be familiar with? Otherwise, you could guide me on how to find them, as I've looked, both here and on google scholar, but I'm not getting exactly what I'm searching for.
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Any appreciable differences in microclimate on the shores of small mountain streams?
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# Any appreciable differences in microclimate on the shores of small mountain streams?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-17)

I have land in India (the tropics), in the hills, on a slope from 6800 feet - 5200 ft altitude (roughly). At that lowest point there's a stream of about 10-15m across. On one side is our land, on the other side, a steep thickly forested slope upwards. Generally my entire land is a very sunny area, high radiation, though not hot like the tropical plains (it rarely crosses 28C even in summer, usually hangs around 20-25C during the day. In Winter, it drops to a minimum of 7C, and hangs around 13-19C during the day).

This stream portion of my land is as yet unexplored and unused. I have rudimentary equipment to measure the microclimate (min-max thermometer, hygrometer), but I don't want to waste a year measuring things if possible.. so are there likely to be any appreciable microclimactic differences one can expect along a stream so small?

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> **username_0**: @Friddy true. what I mean is.. are there known or thought to be big enough microclimactic differences with such places.. that, say for example, a tropical plant that needs humidity but not much heat would grow near the stream whereas it would fail further up the slope? If that question is also vague, how would I go about measuring things to ask a better question/get a better idea with rudimentary equipment?  
> **username_0**: @Friddy Such an interesting answer. Thank you. If you have the time and are inclined to, could you link me studies (or case studies) of that sort that you might be familiar with? Otherwise, you could guide me on how to find them, as I've looked, both here and on google scholar, but I'm not getting exactly what I'm searching for.  

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