Fifteen species of the Polylepis genus grow in South America, from northern Venezuela to northern Chile and Argentina Another form of vegetation that is found the in the alpine biome of the Andes Mountains is the Wild Potato. You can find the potato in places of the Andes where the temperature ranges from 60 to 70 °F during the day
It is a moist broadleaf that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. B. It represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. C. Amazon rainforest is getting smaller and smaller due to anthropic factors and nonhuman factors. IV.
The rain falls two out of three in the rainy season and one out of three in the dry season. The Mbuti mainly stay near villages in the rainy season, working as field hands for the villagers, and hunting and gathering in the nearby forest, sometimes moving to forest camps for intensive net hunting
Bailey Pearman Professor Stemple Bio Lecture 102 March 27, 2013 Animal Research Paper: Giraffes Giraffes have many obvious physical adaptations that make them perfect to survive in the African savannas. These primary consumers belong to Phylum Chordata. They have a notochord (noto=back, cord=string) present in all embryos that may be absent or reduced in adults, and also have a post anal tail that extends beyond the anus (Carter 1). Giraffes belong to the subphylum vertebrata and class mammalia. The main characteristics of this class include: fur/hair, mammary glands that evolved from sweat glands to produce milk for their young, a diaphragm to aid in respiration, they are endothermic, and bear live young.
The Mbuti or BaMbuti are hunter-gathers that live primarily in the rain forests of Africa. The Ituri jungle is located in the Northeast portion of the country formerly known as Zaire and has returned back to its previous name, the Congo. The Mbuti are true foragers that view the forest as almost a deity. This forest deity provides all of their sustenance. They depend on the environment of the rain forest for almost all their livelihood.
If we find the bones of hippopotamus or zebra in the desert it is obvious that this territory was savanna with lakes and rivers before. In this way scientists defined that 7 million years ago the habitat of our ancestors - Africa was a mosaic of different environmental areas. Tropical forests started to recede, giving place to the grasslands. As the environment in which our ancestors lived was changing, they had to
The rainforest contains almost 40000 different plant species. There are also over a million different species of animals from jaguars to monkeys to tarantulas. Spiders and insects alone exist in over 500 000 different species and it is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of unclassified species still to be discovered. National Geographic means the benefits the Amazon provides are of incalculable worth. It produces 1/3 of the earth’s oxygen and 1/5 of the earth’s fresh water supply by its water cycling.
Africa, in all of its regions, has a rich, diverse, and dynamic history. African people we’re portrayed as homogeneous, and the tremendous diversity amongst people who live and have lived on the African continent was neglected. West Africans began cultivating crops and tending
Gift of the Nile In Egyptian civilization, the River Nile was the source of life for the early Egyptians. The Greek historian, Herodotus, in the fifth century B.C.E. called Egypt the “gift of the Nile.” The Nile river is located in Africa, the river is the longest river in the world. The early Egyptians had to rely on this river for irrigation and agriculture. Not only did they use the river for water and food, they also used the river for main transportation and trading goods.
The Simpson Desert Case Study Location: The Simpson Desert is located in arid central Australia, on the borders of Queensland, Northern Territory and South Australia. The Simpson covers an area of approximately 176,500 km’2 and is underlined by the Great Artesian Basin. In areas it ranges from below sea level to around 300 meters above sea level and includes some of the world’s largest sand dunes. The Simpson Desert is bordered in the south by Lake Eyre, in the north via the Plenty highway, in the west alongside the stony tableland, the rivers Finke, Mogumber, Stevenson and Todd, and in the east the rivers of Diamantina, Georgina, Warburton and Goyder’s Lagoon. Climate: The Climate in the Simpson Desert is an extremely hot and dry during the days with cooler nights that reach very low temperatures.