TROPICAL ENVIROMENT

1. PRECIPITATION

   Nota:

   • 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

   Nota:

   • 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

      Nota:

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

      Nota:

      • 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

   Nota:

   • 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

   Nota:

   • 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

Nota:

• Most characteristic soil is the tropical red

1. TROPICAL READ

Nota:

• 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