receives immense quantities of precipitation on both islands. The average annual precipitation on the North Island is thirty to forty inches and on the South Island it is forty to fifty inches. This climate produces mixed forests‚ mid-latitude deciduous forests‚ and temperate grassland vegetation. The terrain is
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Hardwoods and softwoods Hardwoods: Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees. It may also be used for those trees themselves: these are usually broad-leaved; in temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous‚ but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood contrasts with softwood. Hardwoods are not necessarily harder than softwoods. In both groups there is an enormous variation in actual wood hardness‚ with the range in density in hardwoods completely including that of softwoods;
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Environmental factors such habitat (pond‚ lake‚ ocean‚ desert‚ mountain) or weather such as temperature‚ cloud cover‚ rain‚ snow‚ hurricanes‚ etc. are abiotic factors. Different Types of Ecosystems * Natural Ecosystem - may be terrestrial (means Desert‚ Forest‚ Meadow etc.) and Aquatic like pond‚ river‚ lake etc. A natural ecosystem is a biological environment that is found in nature (e.g. a
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land surface‚ situated between latitudes 12°N-55°S and longitudes 80°-35°W; no other continent has a greater latitudinal span. Eighty percent of its land mass is within the tropical zone‚ yet it extends into the subantarctic. The extensive zones of temperate and cold climates in the vicinity of the Equator‚ in the Andes‚ are unique. The land area of about 17‚519‚900-17‚529‚250 km² is under the jurisdiction of 13 countries (Table 49); French Guiana is governed as an overseas department of France. The
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Deciduous forests are closer to the equator than the coniferous forests of the tiaga‚ and so they have a longer growing season. This gives the plants more time to produce food‚ and the forest yields about 6000 Kilocalories per square meter per year for animals to eat. These primary producers form the first trophic level. The trees in the deciduous forest shed their leaves in winter. This prevents their branches from being broken by the weight of the snow‚ but also means that they have to grow leaves
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Gir Forest National Park – Only home of Asiatic Lions Posted on March 10‚ 2011 by Admin Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (also known as Sasan Gir) is a forest and Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat‚ India. Founded in 1965‚ whose total area is 1‚412 km (about 258 km fully protected area (National Park) and 1153 km Sanctuary‚ the park is located 65 km south east of Junagadh. Home is the only pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica)‚ and is considered one of the most important protected
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The need for growing more food‚ on a sustainable basis‚ to support the ever-increasing population demands a systematic appraisal of our natural resources including climate‚ soils‚ flora‚ and fauna. Since agriculture is highly location-specific‚ grouping the available land area in the country into different agro-ecological regions based on certain identifiable characteristics becomes all the more important. This may help the country to engage in more rational planning and optimizing resource use for
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Word | Meaning | Image | Spring | Traditionally the first of the four seasons of the year in temperate regions‚ in which plants spring from the ground and trees come into blossom‚ following winter and preceding summer. | | Summer | Traditionally the second of the four seasons‚ marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 22 to September 23 in parts of USA‚ and the months of December‚ January
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Ecosystem Composition of the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest One of the world’s largest temperate rainforests is the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (Wade et al. 2008). The Valdivian Temperate Rainforest ranges along the Pacific coasts of southern Chile and Argentina in South America‚ between 36 and 47° S latitude. This forest occurs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome (Perry et al. 2008). The broadleaf evergreen flowering trees that dominate the Valdivian are believed to have evolved
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Human effects and involvement on endangered and extinct species Tiffany Tierson Abstract This paper was constructed to give an overview of the vast majority of species that are disappearing and have disappeared from the earth. With informative knowledge and accurate numbers the reader was introduced to the different ways that animals are becoming extinct‚ deforestation‚ overpopulation‚ economic prosperity‚ population growth‚ urban environment‚ global perspective and science and ethics. Each
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