Tropical Dry Forest

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Tropical Dry Forest

• Quincy Thompson Lindayle Lambert

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Imperative Information
Temperature The average is above 24C Annual
temperatures are only 10-15 C Frost and
temperatures below freezing are rare It gets
low as 3C and as high as 31C
Precipitation The dry season is far longer than
the brief period of rainfall There is no set
amount of rain Annual rainfall is anywhere from
10-20 cm to 1000 1500 cm per year There is
decreasing summer precipitation
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Climate/Seasons

• Alternate between wet and dry seasons
• Dry seasons last over five months
• High temperatures throughout the entire year

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Plant Life

• Trees and Shrubs
• Leaves shed in dry season
• Lotus
• Ironwood
• Acacias

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Animal Life

• American Alligator
• Lizards
• Shrews
• Coyotes
• Raccoons
• Bobcats
• Mountain Lions

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Adaptation

• Plants have extra waxy layer to slow evaporation
• Plants have extra source of photosynthetic energy
• Animals have stage of estivation
• Animals dont fight over territory

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Food Web
 
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Soil

• Very rich nutrients
• Mostly dry

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Interesting Facts

• over 75 of the tropics, annual drought is a way
  of life
• Dry tropical forests are heavily logged
• There is really no actual distinction between
  this zone and the tropical rain forest
• Wetter or drier soils sometimes produce pockets
  of tropical dry forest

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Location

• Tropical and subtropical latitudes
• Bolivian lowlands

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Turks and Caicos Islands

• A lot of trees
• July and August is the best time to be there

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Quiz

• What are some animals that live in the Tropical
  Dry Forest?
• Do leaves shed during the season?
• Is the dry season longer than the rainfall?
• Do it rain a lot?
• Whats the average temperature?

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Cites Page

• Bing.com
• Google.com
• Wikipedia.com
• Ceiba.org
• Blueplanetbiomes.org