Hello Coach Willaim’s, i am going to tell you about African savannas. Im at The savannas in Kenya, Africa. Savannas have warm temperature throughout the year. There really isn't a difference in the Savannas seasons. Savannas has a very long dry season which is during the winter, and a very wet season which is during summer. Between the months of December and February there will be no rainfall at all. The dry seasons will only have an average around 4 inches of rainfall. The Savannas climate temperature has a range of 68°F to 86° F. During the winter the Savannas temperature is usually around 68°F to 78° F which is about 20°C - 25° C. In the summer the Savannas temperature ranges around 78°F to 86° F which is around 25°C - 30°C. In a Savanna the temperature doesn’t change very much, but when it does it's a gradual change not a very drastic one.
Caracal’s are mostly known as the African Lynx, but it is a fact that they aren't in the lynx family. They are
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It grows in rough areas in Africa. Acacia's grow in areas with rainfall at least 4 cm. This tree can survive in 122° F during the day, and freezing temperatures at nights. Elephant grass is a tall grass which originally came from Africa, and it grows in dense clumps up to 10 feet tall. In the savannas of Africa. It grows alongside lake beds, and rivers where the soil is rich. Local farmers use the tall grass for their animals. The stems are coarse and hairy, and close to 1 inch thick near the base. In this Savanna it has porous soil which is basically is made from coarse particles that leave large gaps known as pores. The spaces between the particles of clay, silt and sand that make up the structure of your soil hold air and water. These pores also facilitate the movement of air and water through the soil. The size and number of pores in your soil affects how much water it can hold and how quickly water drains out of the
The climate in the tiaga biome is mosly cold during the winter. The teputures could reach the -65 degress for most of the winter. Also in the tiage biome it rain up to 12-33 inches during the summer. Winter last's at least six to seven months during the winter, while summer is an even shorter season,
Temperate climate prevails in the highlands, which has warm summers in most areas and cool summers in the high altitude areas, cold winters and no dry season. The south-west slopes have a sub-humid climate with hot summers, and the western area has a dry semi-arid climate with hot summers and cool winters. January and February are generally the hottest months, with mean summer temperatures ranging between 33°C in the west and 16°C at higher altitudes in the east. Mean winter temperatures range from 3°C to 5°C in the west to 0°C to -2°C in the highlands
Ecosystems are the basic biological units of ecology, and consist of biotic organisms and their interactions amongst other living organisms, as well as the surrounding abiotic environment (Putman and Wratten 1984). One facet of ecosystems that is less-often mentioned is the process of decomposition, as it many may view it as an unclean, unpleasant process that occurs after an organism has ceased to exist. To those with an ecological framework, however, decomposition is viewed as the opposite – an interesting, intricate process teeming with biological activity and life (Swan and Kominoski 2012). What is decomposition? Formally, decomposition is defined as the process to which complex organic matter is broken down to its basic constituents (i.e.
about 50 to 200 inches of rain a year. Due to the rainfall, temperature in the tropical rainforest
Africa has a regular coastline characterized by few indentations. Because of the smooth coastline, natural harbors were non-existent. Today, however, there are important coastal cities, such as Lagos and Dakar. With the exception of the Mediterranean coast, most of the coastline is low-lying , generally narrow and rising sharply to high elevations. The African climate and topography varies greatly. Although temperatures are usually high, due to being so close to the equator, rainfall, soil quality and elevations are of various degrees. Because most of the African continent has not been covered by water for millions of years, soils have developed according to their weathering e...
Climate facts- the average temperature is 50 degrees (24 degrees celsius) and its high is 86 degrees, this factor depends on the altitude of the forest. The temperate deciduous forest receives an average yearly precipitation of 2 to 5 feet, and the humidity of the forest is 60% to 80%.
Another dominant specie in the tropical savanna is the cheetah. One of the many adaptations that allow the cheetah to stay as a top species and predator is its outstanding speed. The cheetah is the fastest mammal on the plant which allows it to catch its prey and run from possible predators. The cheetah also has great strength that allow it to catch it’s prey and let one to survive and reproduce. In the savanna the lion and cheetah are only two examples of animals that thrive in the savanna. There are also herbivores that thrive in the savanna as well. One is the water buffalo. This is a herbivore and the main reason that it is allowed to thrive is its strength to fight of
Africa used to be a convenient battlefield between two global superpowers，the United States and the Soviet Union. In the cold war era, the continent was not taken seriously by the superpowers. However, different from the previous time, the African continent now is regarded as a vital battlefield due to its energy resources and other raw materials. China, India and the United States and other powerful countries are in the scramble for Africa (Volman, 2009). New emerging powers such as China are challenging and even usurping the western hegemony in Africa. In this paper, it will firstly introduce the formation of new scramble for Africa. Following this, it will take china’s oil hunger in Angola for example, to analyze the rise of China in Africa. Then it will analyze how the United States – symbol of Western Hegemony – respond to China’s threaten to it what it had done in Africa to solid supremacy in the continent. Finally, it will compare China’s activities with American measures taken in Africa, and find out how China is challenging Western Hegemony in Africa.
The Interior Plains is a region in west-central Canada, in the Mountain and Central time zones. It is the fourth largest region of Canada. Majority of the Interior Plains is prairie land with lots of flatlands. The total area of this region is 1, 900, 000 km². Approximately nineteen percent of Canada’s population lives in the Interior Plains region. This region includes certain points of interests and attractions such as city areas like downtown Calgary and natural sightseeing areas like the Rocky Mountains. The majority of the Interior Plains is prairie land, with many trees and grass. Most of this area is wide, open spaces and flat land. Some of the animals living here include deer, wolves, and
Not only is it ridiculously hot year round, but Africa has vast wildlife. One great example is an occurrence where John and thousands of refugees were trapped on the banks of the Gilo River. They had Ethiopian soldiers on one side and a crocodile filled river on the other. As John started to hear grenades being launched, he saw many soldiers and vehicles. He had no choice but to jump into the river, face the vicious crocodiles, and “attempt” to swim ten minutes without having the physical skills to do so.
Cameroon has four seasons; Extreme Dry and Wet, and Mild Dry and wet. This causes Cameron to get most of its precipitation within just a few months, most of it falling in the highlands. The seasons are determined by two air masses, a dry continental tropical air mass, which comes from the Sahara, and Warm humid maritime tropical air mass from the atlantic which brings strong winds and rain (Benneh & DeLancey 2006). Suriname.
“Modern man does not experience himself as a part of nature but as an outside force destined to dominate and conquer it. He even talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that if he won the battle he would find himself on the losing side” (E.F. Schumacher, 1974).
Susan Lindee and Ricardo Santos’ goal was to understand the contexts of genesis and development of biological anthropology around the world from an international standpoint, focusing on engagement with living human populations. Their contributors, scholars in history of science, science studies, and anthropology, were guided by key questions about national histories, collections, and scientific field practice.
Several kinds of baboons live in Africa and southwestern Arabia. These include the hamadryas baboon, which lives on plains and rocky hills of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and eastern Africa near the Red Sea, and the chacma baboon, which inhabits rocky regions and open woodlands in southern Africa. Olive baboons inhabit the Kekopey cattle ranch located near the town of Gilgil, Kenya. “The central part of the ranch consists of open grassland studded with occasional patches of bushy shrub, scattered thornbush, and small groves of giant fever trees” (Smuts 17). They eat a wide variety of foods including insects, flowers, leaves, fruits of bushes and herbs, and most significant of all, the grass itself. “Baboons eat the green blades of grass during the rainy seasons and dig for corms-the underground storage organ of sedge grasses-when the ranch is dry” (Smuts 17-18). They can carry food in pouches inside their cheeks.
Mali is an African country. It is located in the hot desert in West Africa. The capital is Bamako .Mali has different type of Climate: tropical climate in the south and arid climate in the north. Droughts are frequent and the rainfall all over the country is negligible. It has two main seasons, the wet season from June to October and the cool and hot dry season the remainder of the year. We find some species of trees such as the doom palm, the baobab, and leguminous fruit bearing plants.