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Dry forest on Chacachacare, showing the short, shrubby growth-form of the forest.. Trinidad and Tobago dry forests are tropical dry forests located primarily in western and southern parts of the island of Trinidad, in southern parts of the island of Tobago and on smaller offshore islands including Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos, Gaspar Grande, Little Tobago and Saint Giles Island.
Approximately 90% of the islands are in this ecoregion. There are a few scattered mangroves of the Trinidad mangroves ecoregion at the main river estuaries, a ring of dry forest of the Trinidad and Tobago dry forests ecoregion around the Caroni Swamp, just south of the capital city of Port of Spain, and a small section of dry forest at the northeast end of Tobago.
During the dry season, drought plagues the island's central interior. [1] Tobago's climate is similar to Trinidad's but slightly cooler. [1] Its rainy season extends from June to December; the annual rainfall is 2,500 millimeters (98.4 in). [1] The islands lie outside the hurricane belt; [1] [3] despite this, Hurricane Flora damaged Tobago in 1963.
It is one of the Bocas Islands, which lie in the Bocas del Dragón (Dragons' Mouth) between Trinidad and Venezuela. Chacachacare is the westernmost of the Bocas Islands which belong to Trinidad and Tobago. Patos Island, which lies further west, was part of Trinidad and Tobago until 1942, when it was ceded to Venezuela in exchange for Soldado ...
Trinidad and Tobago dry forest on Chacachacare showing the dry-season deciduous nature of the vegetation. Dry forests tend to exist in the drier areas north and south of the tropical rainforest belt, south or north of the subtropical deserts, generally in two bands: one between 10° and 20°N latitude and the other between 10° and 20°S latitude.
Caroni Swamp. The Caroni Swamp is the largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad and Tobago. [2] It is located on the west coast of Trinidad, south of Port of Spain and northwest of Chaguanas, where the Caroni River meets the Gulf of Paria.
Gasparillo is a small island in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.It is one of the Bocas Islands (also referred to as Dragons' Teeth), which lie in the Bocas del Dragón (Spanish for Dragon's Mouths) between the main island of Trinidad and Venezuela.
Trinidad and Tobago dry forests; Trinidad and Tobago moist forests; Trinidad mangroves This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 19:11 (UTC). ...