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    Our National Heritage: Flora and Fauna of T&T

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    Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine climate influenced by the sea, with two main seasons - wet and dry. The climate supports tropical rainforests and dry forests, as well as coastal vegetation like mangroves. The forests are home to diverse wildlife such as howler monkeys, deer, armadillos and over 600 butterfly species, though some like manatees and leatherback turtles are endangered. The climate also impacts the country's agriculture, clothing, housing, sports and tourism.

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    Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine climate influenced by the sea, with two main seasons - wet and dry. The climate supports tropical rainforests and dry forests, as well as coastal vegetation like mangroves. The forests are home to diverse wildlife such as howler monkeys, deer, armadillos and over 600 butterfly species, though some like manatees and leatherback turtles are endangered. The climate also impacts the country's agriculture, clothing, housing, sports and tourism.

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    Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine climate influenced by the sea, with two main seasons - wet and dry. The climate supports tropical rainforests and dry forests, as well as coastal vegetation like mangroves. The forests are home to diverse wildlife such as howler monkeys, deer, armadillos and over 600 butterfly species, though some like manatees and leatherback turtles are endangered. The climate also impacts the country's agriculture, clothing, housing, sports and tourism.

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    Our National Heritage: Flora and Fauna of T&T

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    Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine climate influenced by the sea, with two main seasons - wet and dry. The climate supports tropical rainforests and dry forests, as well as coastal vegetation like mangroves. The forests are home to diverse wildlife such as howler monkeys, deer, armadillos and over 600 butterfly species, though some like manatees and leatherback turtles are endangered. The climate also impacts the country's agriculture, clothing, housing, sports and tourism.

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    Our National Heritage

    Flora and Fauna of T&T


    Trinidad
    Climatic Zones
    Climate of T&T
    Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine
    climate, that is, a climate influenced by the sea.
    There are two main seasons the wet season and
    the dry season.
    The annual rainfall is 1000 to over 1500 mm.
    The temperature ranges from 25C to 35C.
    The trade winds blow all year round.
    The trade winds are moist as they have passed
    over warm seas.
    Effect of Climate
    Environment People
    Agriculture - the choice of
    crops grown and animals
    Vegetation raised
    Animal life Clothing
    Water resources Housing
    Sports
    Tourism
    Forests

    Types of
    vegetation
    in T&T

    Coastal
    vegetation Savannah
    (swamp)
    Forests
    Tropical Rainforests Tropical Dry Forests
    Rainforests
    Tropical Rainforests
    The tropical rainforests
    encompass some of the
    most varied and
    species-rich places on
    earth.
    The rainforests has
    frequent rain showers
    with a minimum 2,000
    mm of rainfall a year.
    T&Ts Rainforests
    Trinidads rainforests Tobago Rain Forest
    are located in the Reserve
    higher mountain peaks The oldest forest
    of the Northern Range reserve in the western
    hemisphere is located in
    the central ranges of
    Tobago
    Trinidads Tropical Dry Forests

    Tropical dry forests are located primarily in


    western and southern parts of Trinidad.
    Tropical Dry Forests
    These forests occur in year-round warm climates,
    where there is a wet and a dry season.

    A couple of hundred centimetres of rain per year


    is not uncommon in the wet or rainy season but
    there is also a long dry seasons of several
    months when there is little rain.

    The trees shed their leaves to cope with the dry


    season.
    Tropical dry forest

    The major areas of tropical


    dry forest in Trinidad
    include:
    1. The Chaguaramas
    peninsula
    2. Areas along the south
    coast of the island,
    from Cedros to Morne
    Diablo, and
    3. Areas along the east
    coast including parts
    of Guayaguayare,
    Mayaro & Manzanilla
    Savannah
    Coastal Vegetation

    Mangrove swamp
    Coconut grove
    Coastal Vegetation

    Marsh land
    Animals in Trinidads forests

    Agouti
    Birds
    Paca/Agouti paca
    Armadillo
    Opossum (Mongoose)
    Deer
    Ocelots
    Howler Monkey
    Iguanas
    Butterflies

    There are 617


    types of butterflies
    in T&T.
    Endangered Animals
    Manatee
    Leatherback Turtles
    Flora of T&T
    Hawaiian Torch
    Butterfly Orchid

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