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The Tropical Central American Rain Forest

Published on Dec 12, 2018

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The Tropical Central American Rain Forest

By: Kai, Jack.r,Brooksie
Photo by sig_s

Location

  • Cuba,Jamaica,Puerto Rico,Dominican Republic,Haiti
  • Honduras,Costa Rica,Panama,Nicaragua,El Salvador,Belize,Guatemala

Size

  • 1.2 billion acres
Photo by steven petty

Average Rainfall

  • 50-260 inches per year
Photo by Yin Chieh

Average Temperature

  • 68 degrees F-93 degrees F
  • 20 degrees C-34 degrees C
Photo by acidpix

Humidity and Climate

  • 78%-88%
  • Hot,humid,rainy

tribes

  • Achi,Acetec
  • Aguatcateco
Photo by Dietmar Temps

Animals

And More Animals
Photo by Jitabebe

Animals

  • Black howler monkey
  • Common mexican treefrog
  • Okapi
  • White headed capuchin
  • Brown throated three toed sloth

Endangered Animals

  • Little Goblin Bat
  • Velvet Worm
  • donkey Fish
  • Buff breasted Sand Piper
  • Great Green Macaw

Plants

Plants

  • Rubber Tree
  • Ochids
  • Giant Water Lilies
  • Bromiliads
  • Pitcher plant
Photo by Simon Schlegl

Endangered Plants

  • Cigar box wood
  • Candle tree
  • Caper shrub
  • Bully tree
  • Bitter wood
Photo by brewbooks

Benifits

  • Oxygen
  • Rubber
  • Vanilla
Photo by Krypto

Problems

  • Deforestation

Why is deforestation happening?
Timber industries and agriculture has caused 98% of the original central american rainforest to be cut down. Mining has also caused deforestation to happen.

Photo by dok1

How do we stop deforestation?
We must encourage not to cut down trees,by saying that when you cut down rainforests,that gets rid of important medicines,fruits and nuts,and other resources we get from the rainforest.

Photo by Jose Aragones

Bye

Photo by Jan Tinneberg