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Tropical Dry Forest
Quincy Thompson Lindayle Lambert
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Temperature
• The average is above 24°C
• Annual temperatures are only 10-15° C
• Frost and temperatures below freezing are rare
• It gets low as 3°C and as high as 31°C
Imperative Information
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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• American Alligator
• Lizards
• Shrews
• Coyotes
• Raccoons
• Bobcats
• Mountain Lions
Animal Life
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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 don’t 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?
• What’s the average temperature?
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Cites Page
• Bing.com
• Google.com
• Wikipedia.com
• Ceiba.org
• Blueplanetbiomes.org