The tropical rainforest climate is found between 5-20° latitude north and south, and can extend to 30-35° in some areas. It is located in parts of Asia, Central and South America, Africa, Australia, and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Tropical rainforests have two seasons: a rainy, hot season with high temperatures and rainfall, and a drier, warmer season with less rain. They receive annual rainfall between 45-350 cm and are home to tall, dense trees that form a continuous canopy, as well as rivers with high flows during the rainy season and lower flows during the dry season. Common plants include rubber, cocoa, and palm trees, while animals include
The tropical rainforest climate is found between 5-20° latitude north and south, and can extend to 30-35° in some areas. It is located in parts of Asia, Central and South America, Africa, Australia, and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Tropical rainforests have two seasons: a rainy, hot season with high temperatures and rainfall, and a drier, warmer season with less rain. They receive annual rainfall between 45-350 cm and are home to tall, dense trees that form a continuous canopy, as well as rivers with high flows during the rainy season and lower flows during the dry season. Common plants include rubber, cocoa, and palm trees, while animals include
The tropical rainforest climate is found between 5-20° latitude north and south, and can extend to 30-35° in some areas. It is located in parts of Asia, Central and South America, Africa, Australia, and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Tropical rainforests have two seasons: a rainy, hot season with high temperatures and rainfall, and a drier, warmer season with less rain. They receive annual rainfall between 45-350 cm and are home to tall, dense trees that form a continuous canopy, as well as rivers with high flows during the rainy season and lower flows during the dry season. Common plants include rubber, cocoa, and palm trees, while animals include
The tropical rainforest climate is found between 5-20° latitude north and south, and can extend to 30-35° in some areas. It is located in parts of Asia, Central and South America, Africa, Australia, and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Tropical rainforests have two seasons: a rainy, hot season with high temperatures and rainfall, and a drier, warmer season with less rain. They receive annual rainfall between 45-350 cm and are home to tall, dense trees that form a continuous canopy, as well as rivers with high flows during the rainy season and lower flows during the dry season. Common plants include rubber, cocoa, and palm trees, while animals include
poate ajunge si la 30-35° lat N, S Regasit in: 1.Asia- Indochina, Chine de S-E, India 2. America Centrala 3. N Australiei 4. America de S- E Braziliei, Argentina 5. Africa- S Africii, intre Oceanul Indian si Oceanul Atlantic.
Mediul tropocal umed are 2 anotimpuri:
sezonul cald și ploios cu temperaturi între 20 și 25°C,
peste 70% din precipitatiile anuale si umezeala ridicată (75%) sezonul cald și secetos cu temperaturi între 10 și 20°C și precipitații rare precipitatii intre 45-350 pp mm (medie lunara )
Relief :
Zonele de deal sau de munte prezinta versanti foarte
abrupti in cadrul carora au loc frecvente fenomene de scurgere,alunecari de teren,prabusiri,terenul fiind dezgolit treptat pana la roca din substrat
- Bazinul fluviului Congo
- Bazinul Fluviului Amazon - Antile - Pen. Malaca - Insulele Sonde, Sumatera,Java, Kulimantan - Tarmurile Guineii si Mozambicului - Pe alaturi in Madagascar
Vanturi : calmele ecuatoriale, alizee, musonii( de iarna si
de vara)
Ciclonii tropicali reprezinta unul dintre cele mai
puternice si distrugatoare tipuri de furtuni ciclonice,cunoscuti si sub numele de uragan sau taifun.
Soluri: - fertilitate scazuta, bogat in oxizi de fier si Al sau
argila.
- Se realizeaza forme de relief specifica cum ar fi
inselbergurile pline de pediment
Hidrografia:
- Regiunea tropical umeda are cea mai larga
raspandire in Africa,de o parte si de alta a Ecuatorului,in America de Sud si Indonezia - In regiunea tropicala umeda,se desfasoara o mare parte din primele doua mari bazine hidrografice ale Terrei,Amazonul si Zairul care raman representative pentru acest tip de regim. - Rauri cu debite mari in sezonul ploios care provoaca inundatii si debite mici in sezonul uscat
Vegetatie si Fauna:
- Mediul tropical umed se compune din arbori
inalti (30-35 m) si desi,ale caror coroane formeaza un frunzis continuu ce umbreste puternic pamantul si straturile inferioare. Etajele inferioare sunt situate in umbra cu exemplare putine predominand plantele epifite si cele agatatoare
EX: arborele de cauciuc, arborele de cacao, mahonul,
orhidee, plante parazite ( Rafflesia), abanos, teck, santal, baobabi( in zonele de savana), acacii, palmieri. (africa)
Campos si Llanos in America de S
- Fauna : maimutele cele mai reprezentative.
Exista si numeroase specii de pasari cu penaj foarte colorat (papagal ara, tucan, colibri etc. ) , animale carnivore (tigru, jaguar, pantera ), fluturi.