TROPICAL ENVIROMENT

1. PRECIPITATION

   Annotations:

   • Is abundant, between 750 and 1,500mm per year. Distribution is irregular
   1. 750mm - 1,000mm
2. ABERAGE
   1. NEVER BELOW18ºC BUT LESS THAN 10ºc

1. TROPICAL RIVERS

   Annotations:

   • Considerable variations in their flow  between dry seasons and wet season
   1. VARIATION IN THEIR FLOW
   2. BETWEEN DRY AND WET SEASONS
   3. IMPORTANT RIVERS
      1. MEKONG
      2. ORINOCO
      3. NILE

1. DRY TROPICAL CLIMATE
   1. SAVANNAH

      Annotations:

      • Tall grass that is adapted to the seasonal changes in precipitation.
      1. GRASS ADAPTED TO SEASONAL CHANGES
2. HUMID TROPICAL CLIMATE
   1. TROPICAL FOREST

      Annotations:

      • Similar to the jungle, but not as dense and the trees are not as tall
      1. SIMILAR TO THE JUNGLE
      2. TREES NOT VERY TALL

1. TROPICAL FOREST

   Annotations:

   • In the tropical forest, is similar to that of the jungle.
   1. animals
      1. JAGUAR
      2. RED GUACAMAYO
      3. GREEN ANACONDA
      4. Ant leaf cutter
2. SAVANNAH

   Annotations:

   • Fauna in savannah isncharacterised  by large mamals
   1. ANIMALS
      1. JIRAF
      2. LION
      3. ELEPHANT
      4. OSTRICH
      5. HEYNA
      6. VULTURE
      7. WILDEBEEST
      8. HIPPO

Annotations:

• Most characteristic soil is the tropical red

1. TROPICAL READ

Annotations:

• In tropical enviroment is dense

1. IS DENSE
   1. IN THE COAST
   2. IN THE VALLEYS
   3. IN LARGE RIVERS

1. SHIFTING CULTIVATION
   1. SWEET POTATO
   2. CORN
   3. MILLET
   4. PEANUTS
   5. TAPIOCA