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NATURAL LANDSCAPES. CLIMATE MAP. HOT CLIMATE LANDSCAPES: Equatorial rainforest Savannah Tropical rainfores Hot desert. Natural landscapes. EQUATORIAL RAINFOREST . CLIMATE: equatorial climate. EQUATORIAL RAINFOREST. VEGETATION:
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HOT CLIMATE LANDSCAPES: • Equatorial rainforest • Savannah • Tropical rainfores • Hot desert Natural landscapes
CLIMATE: equatorial climate EQUATORIAL RAINFOREST
VEGETATION: • Dense forest of tall evergreen trees with large leaves, which grow at different leves. • Other plants, like lianam grow aroubd and hang off the trees. • Very little vegetation on the ground (because it does not receive enough light). EQUATORIAL RAINFOREST
SOIL: quality poor. FAUNA: extremly varied. EQUATORIAL RAINFOREST
CLIMATE: humid tropical climate TROPCAL RAINFOREST
VEGETATION: • Trees are lower than in the equatorial rainforest and there is more space between them. • More vegetación on the ground than in the equatorial rainforest (more light reaches the plants). TROPICAL RAINFOREST
SOIL: more fertil than in the equatorial. FAUNA: birds, monkeys, leopards… TROPICAL RAINFOREST
CLIMATE: dry tropical climate savannah
VEGETATION: • Very tall grass in the rainy season, which dries up in the dry season. SAVANNAH
VEGETATION: • Some trees (acacias and baobabs) SAVANNAH
SOIL: more fertile than tropical rainforest. FAUNA: elephants, zebras, rhinoceros, lions… SAVANNAH
CLIMATE: hot desert climate. HOT DESERT
VEGETATION: • Short widely spaced grass, thorny shrubs, cactus… HOT DESERT Thorny shrubs
SOIL: quality poor FAUNA: camels, gazels, foxes, hyenas, sankes… HOT DESERT Desert meerkats (suricatos)
TEMPLATE CLIMATE LANDSCAPES • Mediterranean forest and scrubland. • Deciduos forest. • Humid sub-tropical forest. • Cinuferous forest (taiga) NATURAL LANDSCAPES
CLIMATE: meditarrenan climate MEDITERRANEAN FOREST AND SCRUBLAND
VEGETATION: • Mediterranean forest: holm oaks and cork oaks. MEDITERRANEAN FOREST AND SCRUBLAND Holm oaks (encina)
VEGETATION: bushes MEDITERRANEAN FOREST AND SCRUBLAND Lavender Thyme Rosemary
VEGETATION: • There are pine tree too. MEDITERRANEAN FOREST AND SCRUBLAND
SOIL: • Fertile in large river valleys • Poor in mountain areas. • FAUNA: eagles, vultures, rabbits, squirrels, wolves, foxes, highland cats, wild pigs, etc. MEDITERRANEAN FOREST AND SCRUBLAND
Vultures Squirrels Highland cats
CLIMATE: maritime climate DECIDUOS FOREST
VEGETATION: • Deciduos trees, lose their leaves in autumn and winter. DECIDUOS FOREST Beeches Lime trees
VEGETATION: In non-forested areas are moors (high open areas covered with bushes, like heather) and grassland. DECIDUOS FOREST Heather
DECIDUOS FOREST Grassland
SOIL: rich. FAUNA: hares, rabits, squirrels, bears, deer, foxes, wolves, weasels, etc. DECIDUOS FOREST Deer Hares
weasel bear
CLIMATE: humid sub-tropical climate. HUMID SUB-TROPICAL FOREST
VEGETATION: • Warm climate species like: HUMID SUB-TROPICAL FOREST Magnolia Laurel
HUMID SUB-TROPICAL FOREST Bamboo Palm tree
VEGETATION: also tempeate climate species like oaks, pines, poplars and ashes. HUMID SUB-TROPICAL FOREST Poplar tree
SOIL: rich FAUNA: HUMID SUB-TROPICAL FOREST Panda
HUMID SUB-TROPICAL FOREST Mandarin duck Crested eagle
CLIMATE: continental climate Coniferousforest (taiga)
VEGETATION: trees like pines and firs, grasslands and steppes. Coniferousforest (taiga) Firs Stepp