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Considering the great plant diversity in the Tropical Andes, especially so many endemics, nitrogen deposition could be a severe threat. The decrease in plant diversity could cause a chain reaction on other species that depend on the plants. These are just few threats the Tropical Andes faces on a daily basis.
The Negro–Branco moist forests (NT0143) is an ecoregion of tropical moist broadleaf forest to the east of the Andes in southern Venezuela, eastern Colombia and northern Brazil, in the Amazon biome. It lies on the watershed between the Orinoco and Rio Negro basins.
The Caquetá moist forests (NT0107) is an ecoregion of tropical moist broad leaf forest to the east of the Andes in the east of Colombia, with a small section in Brazil, in the Amazon biome. The forests are in the transition between the Guiana and Amazon regions, and have highly diverse flora and fauna.
[3] 52.2% of the environment is predominately the Andes, Amazon, and Pacific Basins, followed by the Orinoco basin 13.9%, the Andes and the Caribbean. [3] The Tropical Andes, Choco, and the Caribbean are considered biodiversity hotspots which puts these areas at high risk of concentration of colonizing activities. [2]
Tropical Andes (1) Europe. Mediterranean Basin (14) Africa. Cape Floristic Region (12) Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa (10) Eastern Afromontane (28) Guinean Forests of West Africa (11) Horn of Africa (29) Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands (9) Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany (27) Succulent Karoo (13) Central Asia. Mountains of Central Asia ...
After the deadly Andes flood in the 1940s that region “was sort of a leader” in working on glacial flood outburst threats, but in the last decade or so, High Mountain Asia has taken over ...
Additionally, the last time two tropical systems storms hit the islands within a week was in September 1992. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Storms Gilma and Hector weaken but still ...
Tropical Depression 11-E formed in the eastern Pacific, just off the coast of Mexico, Tuesday afternoon. It is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall in Mexico Wednesday afternoon.