The Tropics
 

        

   Zenith and rainfall in the tropics                                    Vegetation in the tropics (in March and July)

 

Tropical rainforest:

 
Buttress roots (Brettwurzeln)                                                                                 lianas                               drip tips (Träufelspitzen)

Some animals of the Tropical rainforest ...

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Tropengewächshaus in Witzenhausen! Ein Klick
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Tropical agricultural products

Cash crops (Tropical Rainforest)


 coffee plantation
          
          harvesting coffee
      
               

                           tea plantation
  tea   pineapple
        
                               cocoa
 
                             coconuts
 
                papaya
 
                      bananas
 
 
                          sugarcane 
 
                      sugarcane factory


Subsistence farming (Tropical Rainforest)


   cassava field
 
                    cassava
 
                       cassava harvest
  millet               
                    sweet potato

 

 

                                      plantain (banana)

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