Taiwan | |
Biological realms | - Located between both the Palaearctic and Indomalayan |
Precipitation | - Varied patterns across island |
Mean annual Temperature | - 22 degrees Celsius - 10 degree Celsius seasonal variation |
Climate | - Tropical monsoon - Frequently hit by typhoons |
Ecoregions | - Taiwan Subtropical Evergreen Forests - South Taiwan Monsoon Rainforests |
Taiwan Subtropical evergreen forests | South Taiwan monsoon rainforests |
8,255,998 acres | 639,998 acres |
Occupies most of the island incl. its mountainous interior | low elevation coastal areas |
affected by the northeast "winter monsoon" | summer southwest monsoon from the south china sea |
Dominated by broadleaved species | 2900 mm a year of precipitation |
topographic complexity - many different forest types occur at different elevations on slope of different aspect | Southern tip of the island |
tend to form concentric rings around the island ( lines of a topographic map) | located within the Tropic of Cancer |
as elevation increases toward the interior, evergreen broadleaved forests are gradually replaced by deciduous hardwoods and conifers | Some interior mountains at the southern end of island |
- Southern part of Taiwan, tropical Montane forests are more seasonally variable in temperature and precipitation than are the lowland forests of the coastal plain |
Toroko National Park Kenting National Park
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