Tropic of Capricorn

By comparing the data in Table 2 against the graph above, it is discovered that Site 1 is located on the St Mary’s glacial river and feeds onto the meltwater from the St Mary’s glacier. Orthocladius is most abundant between 2 and 4 degrees as well as Microspectra. The first 2 bugs thrive when it is 2 to 4 degrees and they are most rich at site 1. At site 2, Psectrocladius is present between 6 and 8 degrees. Site 2 is situated on St Mary’s River at a height of 1100m and is located approximately 10km east of site 4. Reasons for the cooler temperatures than sites 4 and 3 is the glacial meltwater that sources the river causing significantly lower water temperatures, but also the higher temperature compared to site 1 may be caused by the willow and birch scrub cover, lower altitude and the water load from the warmer non-glacial tributaries. At site 3 and 4, Tanytarsus is most abundant between 12 -14 degrees. Site 3 is nearer the Elphistone River source which channels from the Westerly catchment area away from the St Mary’s glacier. This site is situated at a height of 1200m and has half the abundance of Tanytarsus organism. It can be concluded from the habitat preference curve that the likely temperature of the river at Site 3 would be 11o C. Site 4 is situated at a height of 1000m on the non-glacial Elphistone River with willow and birch scrub cover. This site has the highest abundance of any species wit 40 Tanytarsus organisms per m2. Scrub cover and a lower elevation may cause…

Good morning/afternoon, a rainforest is a forest that has annually 250 to 450 centimetres of rain. A tropical rainforest is a rainforest that is found close to the equator in the equatorial zone between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Tropical rainforests are only found in environments that are the same temperature almost every day and are always wet. The reason Tropical rainforests are found in Nigeria is because Nigeria is located close to the equator which provides the…

Chosen ecosystems: Tropical rainforest Describe where this type of ecosystem might be located. Name 1 specific example. Rainforests are found in the tropics; the region between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer, just below and above the equator. This is because at this region, the climate is warm and relatively stable since the sun is very strong and shines for the same duration throughout the year. The Amazon Rainforest in Brazil is a good example of a tropical rainforest…

The tropical desert is an environment of extremes: it is the driest and hottest place on earth. Rainfall is sporadic and in some years no measurable precipitation falls at all. The terribly dry conditions of the deserts is due to the year-round influence of subtropical high pressure and continentality. Western winds blow away from the 30-degree latitude belt, causing light surface winds and intense heat that evaporates moisture in the air. Low-latitude or tropical deserts are located…

8333°S, 171.7500° W American Samoa is made of seven islands which are Tutuila, Tau, Olosega, Ofu, Aunuu, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island. All of the island's main biomes are the tropical rainforest. American Samoa was not established as a national park until 1993 when the park signed a 50-year lease agreement with eight participating villages in Tutuila, Tau, Ofu, Aunuu, and Rose Atoll until 2002; Congress approved an expansion of the park with the island Olosega that incorporates two additional…

done to grow the forests back up again. The rainforests are being destroyed and the impact of it is beginning to become awfully serious. Human beings must start using the rainforests more sustainably and efficiently or the effects may be catastrophic. A rainforest is a very important type of forest that covers a very small percentage of the world’s land- six percent, though it used to cover fourteen (Raintree). Tropical rainforests are the oldest ecosystems on this planet and have been…

Tropical rainforests have been around for approximately 400 million years (Knight, 2004: para.1), they inhibit about 50% of all the living things on Earth including flora and fauna (RFUS, 2014: para.2). They also produce 40% of the Earth’s oxygen (Schaffner, 2010: para.3), although these rainforests only take up 6-7% of the Earth’s land surface; they are referred as ‘The Lungs of the Earth’ (SYW, 2010: para.2) Location Tropical rainforests are found in the area between the Tropic of Cancer…

The tropical savanna is one particular biome with many interesting and defying aspects. The natural characteristics and animal and plant adaptions are what make the tropical savanna one of the most incredible biomes that is found on earth. The characteristics of the savanna can allow it to be easily identified from the many other biomes. The majority of it is filled with high grass and a conventional tree that provides shade for the animals (Wilkes 64-65). "The World Around Us." Your World A…

Biomes Survival Story We were flying in the government's new 737 million dollar B-2 Spirit jet. My sergeant gave me and my co-pilot orders to go to the coordinates 6.1° S 106.9° E, which is Jakarta, Indonesia. Our orders were to observe the areas that have military-like forces in the tropical rainforest. As we were making our last pass for reconnaissance over the tropical rainforest, there was a huge thunderstorm. A few minutes after the storm started the B-2 jet was struck by lightning,…

Cloud forests, distributed throughout mountainous regions of Central and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, are complex ecosystems characterized by low fog cover at the canopy level, which enhances moisture levels, and cooler temperatures than lowland tropical rainforests (Doumenge, 1995). These tropical montane forests are host to an incredible number of species, many of which are endemic to their area (Doumenge, 1995). Epiphytes, plants that root in other plants for structural support…