dry forest
Rainless tree region
A dry forest is a tropical or subtropical forest that experiences a prolonged dry season, typically several months with little or no rainfall.
Unlike rainforests, dry forests have trees that shed their leaves seasonally to conserve water: The dry forest floor was carpeted with fallen leaves.
These ecosystems support distinct wildlife adapted to seasonal drought.
- acaciaThorny warm-climate shrub
- arid climatePersistently dry weather pattern
- baobab treeWater-storing African tree
- miombo woodlandAfrican Brachystegia-dominated ecosystem
- teakTropical shipbuilding timber
sandy soil · cracked earth · dust clouds · endemic species · deciduous · protected areas · seasonal · leaf litter · cacti · habitat fragmentation · water scarcity · drought resistant · water hole · succulents · evapotranspiration · Sahel · lizards · chaparral
- forestswoods, pine trees, maple trees, spruce trees, grove
- ecosystemsrainforest, desert, jungle, ocean, lake
- Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto Rico, Carolina, Old San Juan, Arecibo
- African Safarielephant, elephants, lions, zebras, zebra
- biomesdesert, grassland, jungle, tundra, taiga
- habitatsocean, lake, river, pond, desert
dry forestrainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
tropical rainforest · cloud forest · temperate rainforest · swamp forest · jungle
dry forestwetland
Waterlogged land ecosystem
marsh · swamp · fen · peatland · floodplain
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