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Climate and vegetation around the world - Coggle Diagram
Climate and vegetation
around the world
Climate around the world
The weather is the conditions
on a particular day (
Rain or Storms
)
For temperature we say things like
Hot, Mild or cold
For rainfall we say things like
Wet or Dry
Tropical Rainforests
Tropical Rainforest are
Hot and Wet places (
Humid
)
Most of the rainforest are
along the equator
Forest floor = The
lowest
layer
Understorey = Smaller trees and shrubs
Canopy = These tree tops block out a lot of sunlight
Emergents = The tallest trees
Deforestation is when people cut down trees
Reasons; logging, farming mining and road-building
Hot Deserts
Deserts are dry areas of land that receive less than 250mm of rain
The temperature in hot deserts can get up to 50 degrees celsius!
In the night is can drop to very cold temperatures
Coniferous Forest
Cover about 15% of Earths surface
They grow in cold climates
They don't bear seeds, they bear pine cones
Branches grow downwards, to let snow fall off
Has poor soil