Tropical Dry Forest

Quincy Thompson Lindayle Lambert

                                                            

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

Climate/Seasons

• Alternate between wet and dry seasons

• Dry seasons last over five months

• High temperatures throughout the entire year

Plant Life

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

• American Alligator

• Lizards

• Shrews

• Coyotes

• Raccoons

• Bobcats

• Mountain Lions

Animal Life

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

 

Food Web

Soil

• Very rich nutrients

• Mostly dry

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

Location

• Tropical and subtropical latitudes

• Bolivian lowlands

Turks and Caicos Islands

• A lot of trees

• July and August is the best time to be there

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?

Cites Page

• Bing.com

• Google.com

• Wikipedia.com

• Ceiba.org

• Blueplanetbiomes.org