The legend shows the following conditional signs and their corresponding natural zones:
- Arctic and Antarctic deserts
- Tundra and forest-tundra
- Taiga
- Mixed and broadleaf forests
- Forest-steppe and steppe
- Semi-deserts and deserts
- Savannas, sparse forests and shrublands
- Sclerophyllous evergreen forests and shrubs
- Seasonally wet forests (including monsoon forests)
- Wet equatorial forests
- High-altitude regions