RAIN FOREST Flashcards
MARITIME TROPICAL AIR MASSES
HIGH HUMIDITY
TEMP UNIFORM
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
EQUATORIAL MEAN
27*
NO WINTER
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
40 CLOCK RAINFALL
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE DIURNAL RANGE
LOW
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE ANNUAL RANGE
LOW
WELL DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE RF
> 1500 mm
NO MONTH WITHOUT RAIN
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
DISTINCT DRY SEASON IS ABSENT
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE MONTHLY AVERAGE
6CM
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE MAX RAIN
APRIL OCTOBER(AFTER EQUINOX)
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE MIN RF
SUMMER AND WINTER SOLISTICE
TYPICAL TO EQUATORIAL CLIMATE
DOUBLE RF PEAKS COINCIDING WITH EQUINOXES
SELVAS
DENSE TROPICAL CLOUD COVER
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE GRWING SEASON
ALL YEAR ROUND
MAHOGANY
RF
EBONY
RF
DYEWOODS
RF
EQUATORIAL COAST
MANGROVES
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE ALL PLANTS STRUGGLE FOR
SUNLIGHT
EPIHYTE
HARLESSLY UPON PLANT
EPHIPHYTE UTRIENT
AIR,RAIN
EQUATORIAL CLIMATE TALLESTT TREE
50 M
UNDERGROWTH
NOT DENSEE
IMPORT
NET TIMBER IMPORTER
COMMERCIAL EXTRACTION
OF TIMBER DIFFICULT
MULTIPLE SPECIES
NOT HOMOGENOUS
NO PURE STRAND
NOT COMMERCIAL
TROPICAL HARDWOOD
DO NOT FLOAT
CULTIVATION
SHIFTING
JOB
HUNTER GATHERERS
POPULATION
LOW
INDIAN TRIBES
AMAZON BASIN
INDIAN TRIBES COLLECT
RUBBER
PYGMIES
CONGO BASIN
PYGMIES COLLECT
NUTS
ORANG ASLI
MALAYSIA
SHIFTING CROPS
MAIZE BANANA GROUNDNUTS
PLANTATION BOOM
JSM WC
JSM WC
JAVA
SUMATRA
MALAYSIA
WEST AFTRICA
CENTRAL AMERICA
RUBBER LEADERS
MALYSIA
INDONESIA
NO PRACTICAL RUBBER EXPORT
MALAYSIA
COCOA
WEST AFRICA
WEST AFRICA
GULF OF GUINEA
COCOA LEADERS
GHANA
NIGERIA
INDONESIA
RUBBER
OIL PALM
COFFEE
BRAZIL
PALM
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
SUGARCANE LEADERS
BRAZIL
COFFEE LEADERS
BRAZIL
ENEMY OF EQUAORIAL FOREST
PLANTAION
PS CRC
PALM
SUGARCANE
COCOA
RUBBER
COFFEE
TROPICAL DISEASES
MALARIA
YELLOW FEVER
SOIL
VERY POOR
WHY VERY POOR SOIL
LEACHING
SOIL EROSION
EXCEPTION FOR LOW SOIIL FERTILITY
JAVA
JAVA
RICH VOLCANIC ASH
FOREST RESTORATION NEEDS
SOIL RESTORATION
FOREST RESTORATION TIME
DECADES
LALANG
TALL GRASS
LALANG PROBLEM
OCCUPIES WHOLE AREA
LESS LIFESTOCK FARMING
ABSENCE OF MEADOW GRASS
TALL COARSE LESS NUTRITIOUS GRASS
LESS LIVESTOCK FARMING
NGANA
AFRICAN LIVESTOCK DISEASE
NGANA VECTOR
TSETSE FLIES
TSETSEFLIES
NGANA
DRC
RARE EARTH MINERALS
GOLD MINING
BRAZIL PERU
GOLD AND COPPER
INDONESIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA