Tag: natural regions

The tropics are a region of the Earth surrounding the Equator. They are delimited in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at 23.5°) N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at 23.5°). The tropics are also referred to as the tropical zone and the torrid zone. 

The equatorial forest region experience very high temperatures throughout the year, the annual average temperature is being about 27 degrees celsius. The daily range of temperature is between 10 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees celsious. The rainfall is very heavy and distributed throughout the year. This region also received a sufficient amount of sunshine for all these the humidity level is very high in this region.

In equatorial region the temperature is high throughout the year, the annual average temperature is about 27 degree calcious. Rainfall is heavy and distributed throughout the year. The annual average rainfall is about 250cm. The constantly high temperature and all the year round rainfall helps to produce the most luxuriant evergreen vegetation in the region. So the forests of equatorial region are also known as evergreen. 

In forestry and ecology, understory comprises plant life growing beneath the forest canopy without penetrating it to any great extent, but above the forest floor. Only a small percentage of light penetrates the canopy so understory vegetation is generally shade tolerant.

What makes up most of the Canopy Layer is a tangled mix of vegetation including branches, vines and trees of different sizes. The trees rise to as much height as possible to gain maximum sunlight. 

Tropical diseases encompass all diseases that occur solely, or principally, in the tropics. In practice, the term is often taken to refer to infectious diseases that thrive in hot, humid conditions, such as malaria, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis, lymphatic filariasis, Chagas disease, African trypanosomiasis, and dengue.

The equatorial region extends up to 10 degrees North and 10 degrees South in both the hemisphere. Here Climate is uniform, the high temperature throughout the year. The annual average temperature is about 27 degrees celsius. The daily range of temperature is between 10 degrees celsius. So the winter season is absent in the equatorial region.

Tropical rainforests have four layers: Emergent Layer, Canopy Layer, Understory, Forest Floor. 

The Kubu are southern Sumatra's indigenous inhabitants. As traditional hunters and gatherers, they have inhabited the lowland tropical forests of Jambi and South Sumatra provinces for centuries, where they survive by gathering an enormous variety of edible forest products, and hunting.

The African Pygmies (or Congo Pygmies) are a group of tribal ethnicities, traditionally subsisting in a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle, native to Central Africa, mostly the Congo Basin.