Tropical Design_ St. Peter Memorial Chapel‚ Tacloban‚ Leyte Author/s: Palileo‚ Christine Mae G. Mapua Institute of Technology‚ Manila‚ Philippines tinepalileo@gmail.com Abstract: Tropical architecture is usually associated on the visual aspect of the design‚ that every time we hear it a particular visual is associated with it‚ but tropical architecture is more than that. In this paper‚ tropical architecture is discussed based on its concept. Showing its application
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Ecosystem Composition of the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest One of the world’s largest temperate rainforests is the Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (Wade et al. 2008). The Valdivian Temperate Rainforest ranges along the Pacific coasts of southern Chile and Argentina in South America‚ between 36 and 47° S latitude. This forest occurs in the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biome (Perry et al. 2008). The broadleaf evergreen flowering trees that dominate the Valdivian are believed to have evolved
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Tropical rainforests are important to man as they have many valuable resources. Most of the perfumes‚ soaps‚ cough drops and cosmetics we purchase have natural oils from the rainforests such as bay oil‚ coconut oil‚ eucalyptus oil‚ palm oil‚ rosewood oil‚ camphor oil and star-anise oil. Tropical rainforest also produces other products; latex and rubber products are made from the latex sap that are found in rubber trees and red dye is created from annatto. Tropical rainforests provide natural fibres
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day Rio de Janeiro on April 22nd‚ 1500. The crew onboard was unaware of the land of opportunity before them. This area would prove to show agriculturally enhanced land‚ large amounts of precious metals‚ and perhaps most importantly‚ the largest rainforest in the world. Already familiar with South America‚ historical records show that approximately seven million native indians inhabited Brazil‚ but today less than 200‚000 indigenous people survive by fleeing to the Amazon (geographia). These native
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Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon Rainforest is a unique habitat filled with wildlife. With its tropical weather‚ the Amazon has an abundance amount of rain per year. In addition to that‚ this forest has a vast variety of animals and plants. All of these add to the water vapor going into the air. WIth all these vast variety of animals and plants‚ there is probably a lot of evaporation going on. The Amazon Rainforest is one of a variety of tropical rainforests. It is normal for tropical rainforests to be
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The Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. The majority of the rainforest is sited in Brazil with 60% of the rainforest contained there. It is also spread throughout other nations in South America such as Peru‚ Columbia‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Bolivia‚ Guyana‚ Suriname‚ and French Guiana. (See Figure 1) Land clearing has become a major contributing factor in the destruction of Amazon Forest and the development of its land. This is predominantly due to human activities which
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What is happening to the Amazon Region? The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world which covers over five and half a million square kilometers. Over half of the Amazon is located in Brazil but also in South American countries; Peru‚ Venezuela‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Guyana‚ Bolivia and Suriname. (Science Kids‚ 2013). During the past 40 years‚ 20% of the Amazon rainforest has been cut down‚ this percentage could be higher but was not put in account due to logging.this causes
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Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana‚ Suriname and French Guiana‚ an overseas territory of France. The landscape contains: One in ten known species on Earth 1.4 billion acres of dense forests‚ half of the planet ’s remaining tropical forests 4‚100 miles of winding rivers 2.6 million square miles in the Amazon basin‚ about 40 percent of South America There is a clear link between the health of the Amazon and the health of the planet. The rain forests‚ which contain 90-140 billion
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without the Amazon rainforest? The Amazon covers forty percent of South America and produces twenty percent of the Earth’s oxygen. It holds over ten million species of animals and over forty thousand different types of plants. This is the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet. It hold everything from the Brazilin Wandering Spider to the Green Anaconda. The Amazon Rainforest holds more than just animals and plants‚ it also holds ancient Indian tribes that call the rainforest their home. These tribes
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Located in South America‚ the Amazon rainforest covers a span of about 3.5 million square miles in several different countries‚ making it the world’s largest rainforest. Rainforests are characterized by the heavy rainfall they receive which is a minimum of six and a half feet a year. Also‚ they can either be tropical or temperate‚ and they are found on nearly every continent‚ not including Antarctica. They are also composed of several vertical layers. The canopy‚ the uppermost layer‚ is the “tops
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