Tropical region

• Afrikaans • العربية • Asturianu • বাংলা • Беларуская • Беларуская (тарашкевіца) • Català • Čeština • Deutsch • Español • Esperanto • Euskara • فارسی • Français • Galego • 한국어 • हिन्दी • Italiano • עברית • ქართული • Кырык мары • Magyar • Nederlands • 日本語 • Norsk bokmål • Norsk nynorsk • Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча • Polski • Português • Русский • Simple English • Svenska • Українська • اردو • West-Vlams • 粵語 • 中文 Most of the Afrotropical realm, with the exception of Africa's southern tip, has a Sahel and Sudan [ ] South of the Sahara, two belts of Southern Arabian woodlands [ ] South Arabia, which includes Yemen and parts of western Oman and southwestern Saudi Arabia, has few permanent forests. Some of the notable ones are Jabal Bura, Jabal Forest zone [ ] Main article: The A belt of tropical moist broadleaf forest also runs along the Somali–Masai region [ ] In northeastern Africa, semi-arid Acacia–Commiphora woodlands, savannas, and bushlands are the dominant plant communities. This region is called the Somali-Masai centre of endemism or Somali-Masai region. It extends from central Tanzania northwards through the Eastern Africa's highlands [ ] Main article: The East African Great Lakes ( The Afrotropic has various endemic Africa has three endemic orders of mammals, the Four species of great apes ( Gorilla gorilla, and eastern gorilla, Gorilla beringei) and both species of Pan troglodytes, and Pan paniscus). Afrotropical terrestrial ecoregions [ ] • v • t • e Habitats [ ] The tro...

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Tropical Ecosystem Most of the animals and plants of the tropics are native. The ecosystem typically consists of seasonal tropical forests, rainforests, dry deciduous forests, desert vegetation, and spiny forests. Notable ecosystems in the tropics include the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican rainforests, the Tropicality Tropicality is the geographic imagery of the tropics as imagined by those living outside the region. It encompasses two contradicting imageries; one is that the tropical region is a lush and splendid place with thriving biodiversity while the other views the area as primitive and lawless. Scholars theorize that the primitive view was popularized by the belief that countries in the Northern Hemisphere are more developed than those in the Southern Hemisphere or on the equator, but this view is changing over time as people get to visit and understand the region.