Goh Cheng Leong Chapter 15: Hot, Wet Equatorial Climate (Physical and Human Geography)

Описание: Due to canopies in equatorial forest, the undergrowth will NOT be dense. Also soil deterioration is not just because of the excessive lumbering but because of the excessive leaching that takes place here
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Dr. Manishika Jain explains the Goh Cheng Leong Certificate Physical & Human Geography Chapter 15: Hot, Wet Equatorial Climate.

Equatorial Region @4:21
Rainfall @9:41
Vegetation @10:47
Life & Development @15:16
Amazon @16:36
Congo @16:43
Mayasia @16:47
Factors Affecting Development @19:23
Climate @19:27
Bacteria @19:54
Jungle Hinders Development @20:07
Deterioration of Tropical Soil @20:46
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Equatorial Region
Congo, Amazon, Malaysia, East Indies
Trade Wind – Modified – Monsoonal influence
Temperature: Uniformity
How Temperature is moderated?
Precipitation: 60-100 inch – maximum after equinox & least in solistice
Rainfall
Convectional Rainfall – Afternoon (one afternoon is equal to entire year rainfall in desert)
Orographic or relief rainfall
Cyclonic rainfall – convergence of air in Doldrums

Vegetation
Variety: Evergreen hardwood like mahogany, ebony; small palm trees; climbing lianas – epiphytic or parasitic; ferns, orchids and lalangs
Distinct Layer: thick canopy, struggle for sunlight
Multiple Species: No pure strand; Malaysia – 200 species; commercial exploitation is hard; hardwood don’t float on water and haulage expensive (so tropical nations are timber importers)
Forest Clearings: lumbering & shifting cultivation – belukar in Mayasia (secondary forest, less trees and dense undergrowth)
Life & Development
Amazon: Indian Tribes gather wild rubber
Congo: Pygmies gather nuts
Mayasia: Orang Asli – cane products
Factors Affecting Development
Climate: high heat & humidity; sun-stroke; perspire and lose energy; malaria & yellow fever
Bacteria & insect pests: injurious to crops, diseases; plague
Jungle hinders development: Lalang (tall grass) & thick undergrowth choke crops – maintain infrastructure at high cost, Congo and Borneo without modern communication lines
Deterioration of tropical soil:
Difficult lumbering & livestock farming:
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