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Seasonal (mixed) tropical forests can be found in many parts of the tropical zone, with examples found in: In the Asia-Pacific region: seasonal forests predominate across large areas of the Eastern Java, Wallacea, Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Eastern Java monsoon forests; Wallacea Forest; Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests
The South Taiwan monsoon rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0171) covers the southern tip of Taiwan, 200 km east of the mainland.The area is one of high biodiversity, due to its location between temperate and subtropical zones, its monsoon exposure, and its high altitude variation (from mangrove forests at sea level to inland mountains).
The monsoon rain forest ecoregion encompasses the interior mountain range, surrounded by the coastal plains. (The coastal plains fall in an entirely different ecoregion - the South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests ecoregion). The highest point in the Hainan mountains is Wuzhi Mountain at 1,840 metres (6,040 ft). There is a small ...
Satellite imagery from the National Weather Service shows just how many wildfires were burning in the area this week on July 11 and 12, with heat spots in parts of Washington, Idaho, British ...
Currently, average peak temperatures in these regions hover around 93°F, though sections of forest have already been averaging 104°F. ... (ISS) to map the world’s tropical forest temperatures ...
Sulawesi is the fourth-largest island in Indonesia, and the eleventh-largest in the world. The ecoregion includes many neighboring islands, including the Banggai and Sula Islands to the east, the Sangihe Islands and Talaud Islands to the north, the islands of Buton and Muna to the southeast, and the Selayar Islands to the south.
Now there were three teams, all scrambling one recent Thursday morning to deal with fires from Israeli strikes across the 15 villages and towns under their mandate.
No rainforest today can be considered to be undisturbed. [33] Human-induced deforestation plays a significant role in causing rainforests to release carbon dioxide, [34] [35] [36] as do other factors, whether human-induced or natural, which result in tree death, such as burning and drought. [37]