Tag: equatorial climatic region

Agricultural expansion, large-scale developmental projects, grazing, fuel wood collection, and rapid industrialization are all major valid reasons for the depletion of flora and fauna. Since all listed options are valid causes, none of these is the correct choice for a non-valid reason.

The Kalahari Desert is a large semi-arid sandy savanna in Southern Africa, covering much of Botswana, parts of Namibia, and South Africa.

The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains, primarily in Chile.

It is an arid region characterized by extremely high or low temperatures and has scarce vegetation. The people living in desert areas have learned to cope with extremely harsh temperatures; in some places as hot as fire and some as cold as ice.

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The Amazon Basin is characterized by high temperatures and heavy rainfall throughout the year, which is the hallmark of an equatorial climate.

Deforestation leads to a decrease in water holding capacity of the soil. The movement of water from the soil surface to the ground  may lead to floods.

The tropical rainforest is a hot, moist biome where it rains all year long. It is known for its dense canopies of vegetation that form three different layers

Desert vegetation is adapted to arid conditions, often featuring perennial xerophytic shrubs that can survive long periods of drought.

The equatorial region is generally defined as the area extending approximately 10 degrees North to 10 degrees South of the equator.