Tropical Dry Forest Biome

1. Tropical Dry Forest
By: Kenneth Gutierrez
Marlon Amador
Eli Gonzalez
Stephanie M.

2. Location
•Tropical dry forests are to be found north and
south of the equatorial forest belt.
•There are two main places to find them
between 10° and 20°N latitude and the other
between 10° and 20°S latitude.
•The most diverse tropical dry forest are in
southern Mexico and Bolivian lowlands.
•The most known tropical dry forest are
located in: parts of Africa, South and Central
America, Mexico, India, Australia, and tropical
islands

3. Climate
•The Temperatures are high all year.
•Hard dry seasons last several months.
•Better developed dry season than in the
tropical rain forest.
•Receives about several hundreds
centimeters of rain per year.

4. Plant Life
•Trees and plants must be able to survive
periods of low precipitation and moisture.
•Most of the trees are deciduous.
• Most plant life in dry season will drop their
leaves in order to reduce the water needs
in them and to able to conserve what's left
of it.
•In order to survive trees have thicker,
more ridged, bark; deeper roots, much
more variable leaves; and more types with
thorns.

5. Animal Life
•Tropical dry forest has a lot of wide variety of
wildlife from the Gray Wolf to the African Lion.
•Mammalian biomass tends to be higher in dry
forest than in rain forest.
•Most animals have to do adaptations in order to
survive the dry weather since dry seasons are
extremely long.
•The dominant wild life is tigers; monkeys;
herbivores such as elephants, Indian rhinoceros,
hog deer; birds such as great pied hornbill, pied
harrier, and spot-billed pelican; insects such as
termites; reptiles such as snakes and monitor
lizards.

6. Abiotic and Biotic Factors
•Abiotic: Generally warm year-round;
alternating wet and dry seasons; rich soils
subject to erosion.
•Abiotic: Rocks, soil, sunlight, and dense
foliage.
•Biotic: Wild plant and animal life.

7. Pictures
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