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South Taiwan Monsoon Rain Forests
The South Taiwan monsoon rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0171) covers the southern tip of Taiwan, 200 km east of the mainland. The area is one of high biodiversity, due to its location between temperate and subtropical zones, its monsoon exposure, and its high altitude variation (from mangrove forests at sea level to inland mountains). Location and description The ecoregion covers only the southernmost 60 km of the island, 70 km west to east at its widest. The central ridge is mountainous, with a flat coastal flat on the northwest. The ecoregion is only 1,000 square miles in area. Much of the southern tip of the island is protected by Kenting National Park. It is bounded on the north by the Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests ecoregion. Climate The climate of the ecoregion is ''tropical monsoon'' (Köppen climate classification (Am)). This climate is characterized as having no month averaging below , and typically a very rainy wet season and relatively shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indomalayan Realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia to lowland southern China, and through Indonesia as far as Sumatra, Java, Bali, and Borneo, east of which lies the Wallace line, the realm boundary named after Alfred Russel Wallace which separates Indomalaya from Australasia. Indomalaya also includes the Philippines, lowland Taiwan, and Japan's Ryukyu Islands. Most of Indomalaya was originally covered by forest, and includes tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, with tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests predominant in much of India and parts of Southeast Asia. The tropical forests of Indomalaya are highly variable and diverse, with economically important trees, especially in the families Dipterocarpaceae and Fabaceae. Major ecol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Asian–Australasian Flyway
The East Asian–Australasian Flyway is one of the world's great flyways. At its northernmost it stretches eastwards from the Taimyr Peninsula in Russia to Alaska. Its southern end encompasses Australia and New Zealand. Between these extremes the Flyway covers much of eastern Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, South-East Asia and the western Pacific. The EAAF is home to over 50 million migratory water birds from over 250 different populations, including 32 globally threatened species and 19 near threatened species. It is especially important for the millions of migratory waders or shorebirds that breed in northern Asia and Alaska and spend the non-breeding season in South-East Asia and Australasia. Flyway Site Network During migration, water birds rely on a system of highly productive wetlands to rest and feed, building up sufficient energy to fuel the next phase of their journey. International cooperation across their migratory range is therefore essential to conserve and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregions Of Taiwan
An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecology, ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural community (ecology), communities and species. The biodiversity of flora (plants), flora, fauna (animals), fauna and ecosystems that characterise an ecoregion tends to be distinct from that of other ecoregions. In theory, biodiversity or conservation ecoregions are relatively large areas of land or water where the probability of encountering different species and communities at any given point remains relatively constant, within an acceptable range of variation (largely undefined at this point). Three caveats are appropriate for all bio-geographic mapping approaches. Firstly, no single bio-geographic framework is optimal for all taxa. Ecoregion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecoregions Of China
{{Short description, none The following is a list of terrestrial ecoregions of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. The transition between two of the planet's eight terrestrial biogeographic realms – the Palearctic, which includes temperate and boreal Eurasia, and Indomalaya, which includes tropical South and Southeast Asia – extends through southern China. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests * Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests * Hainan Island monsoon rain forests * Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests * Northern Indochina subtropical moist forests * South China Sea Islands * South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests * South Taiwan monsoon rain forests (Taiwan) * Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests (Taiwan) * Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests * Central China loess plateau mixed forests * Changbai Mountains mixed forests * Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ecoregions In China
{{Short description, none The following is a list of terrestrial ecoregions of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. The transition between two of the planet's eight terrestrial biogeographic realms – the Palearctic, which includes temperate and boreal Eurasia, and Indomalaya, which includes tropical South and Southeast Asia – extends through southern China. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests * Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests * Hainan Island monsoon rain forests * Jiang Nan subtropical evergreen forests * Northern Indochina subtropical moist forests * South China Sea Islands * South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests * South Taiwan monsoon rain forests (Taiwan) * Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests (Taiwan) * Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests * Central China loess plateau mixed forests * Changbai Mountains mixed forests * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawu Taiwan Keteleeria Forest Reserve
Dawu or DAWU may refer to: Dominica *Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union Ghana *Dawu (Ghana), a town in the Eastern Region *Dawu Sports Stadium, located in Accra, Ghana Mainland China * Dawu County, Hubei (大悟县), of Xiaogan, Hubei *Dawu County, Sichuan, or Daofu County (道孚县) from its pinyin name, of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Towns * Dawu, Xuzhou (大吴镇), in Jiawang District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu * Dawu, Tengzhou (大坞镇), in Tengzhou City, Shandong Written as "大武镇": * Dawu, Fangshan County, in Fangshan County, Shanxi *Dawu Town, Maqên County, in Maqên County, Qinghai Townships *Dawu Township, Zhecheng County (大仵乡), in Zhecheng County, Henan Written as "大武乡": *Dawu Township, Shangshui County, in Shangshui County, Henan *Dawu Township, Maqên County, town in Maqên County, Qinghai * Dawu, Dongkou (大屋瑶族乡), a Yao ethnic township of Dongkou County, Hunan Taiwan *Dawu, Taitung Dawu Township () is a rural t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenting Uplifted Coral Reefs Nature Reserve
Kenting National Park (), commonly known as Kenting (), is a national park located on the Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan, covering Hengchun, Checheng, and Manzhou Townships. Established on 1 January 1984, it is Taiwan's oldest and the southernmost national park on the main island, covering the southernmost area of the Taiwan island along Bashi Channel. Administered by the Executive Yuan's Ministry of the Interior, this national park is well known for its tropical climate and sunshine, scenic mountain and beach, the Spring Scream rock-band festival held in every March, and has long been one of the most popular tourist destinations in Taiwan with 5.84 million visitors in 2016. Etymology Kenting (墾丁, Kun-ting in Taiwanese) means pathfinders or pioneers. Geography The park covers about of land, of sea, weighing in at combined. Nan Wan and Banana Bay (香蕉灣) is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Taiwan Strait, and the Luzon Strait. The park is away fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawu Working Circle Taiwan Amentotaxus Nature Reserve
Dawu or DAWU may refer to: Dominica *Dominica Amalgamated Workers' Union Ghana *Dawu (Ghana), a town in the Eastern Region *Dawu Sports Stadium, located in Accra, Ghana Mainland China * Dawu County, Hubei (大悟县), of Xiaogan, Hubei *Dawu County, Sichuan, or Daofu County (道孚县) from its pinyin name, of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Towns * Dawu, Xuzhou (大吴镇), in Jiawang District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu * Dawu, Tengzhou (大坞镇), in Tengzhou City, Shandong Written as "大武镇": * Dawu, Fangshan County, in Fangshan County, Shanxi *Dawu Town, Maqên County, in Maqên County, Qinghai Townships *Dawu Township, Zhecheng County (大仵乡), in Zhecheng County, Henan Written as "大武乡": *Dawu Township, Shangshui County, in Shangshui County, Henan *Dawu Township, Maqên County, town in Maqên County, Qinghai * Dawu, Dongkou (大屋瑶族乡), a Yao ethnic township of Dongkou County, Hunan Taiwan *Dawu, Taitung Dawu Township () is a rural t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
