The abundant precipitation of westerly origin controls the climate on the western side of the Andes Mountains with non-seasonal rainfall (i.e., year-round) from 55° to 42°S and seasonal rainfall pattern from 42°S to 30°S, associated with a seasonal drought at latitudes <42°S. As a result, the vegetation change (ca. 42°S) from Temperate and Valdivian Rain Forest to North Patagonian Evergreen Forest, a vegetation change characterized by a gradual decrease in diversity attributed to lower temperatures as well as changes in precipitation.