TORRID ZONE PLANTS

TORRID ZONE VEGETATION

TORRID ZONE HUMAN BEINGS

TORRID ZONE CLOTHES

Tropical Torrid Zone: Equatorial Climate

Location:
This region lies between 00 to 50 latitude in both hemispheres.
Area:
Equatorial climatic region is found in Amazon Basin and Guinea Coast in South
America, Congo Basin and Guinea Coast in Africa, Malaysia and East Indies.

Climatic condition:

As we know equatorial climate is near from the sun, the direct sun rays falls over there,
which causes extreme hot throughout the year. The average temperature of this region
is 27oC throughout the year. Days and night are equal and there is no change in
season. The heavy convectional rainfall (evaporation in land) takes place everyday
throughout the year the noon.
Natural Vegetation:

The forest found in this region is dense evergreen forest due to hot and wet climate
(rainfall). The trees are tall with hard wood and broad leaves. The main species of the
tress are Mahogany, Rose wood, Sal, Bamboo, Rubber, etc.
Wildlife:

The equatorial region is rich in various species of wild birds and animals. About 90% of
the living species of the world are found here.

People and their Lifestyle:

The life style of the people living in this region has been classified into two groups; they
are:
i. Eastern Island and,
ii. Amazon and Congo Basin.
i. Eastern Island:

Entering Eastern Island Corridor

They have modern lifestyle.
They are the permanent inhabitants.
They are involved in industries and services for income generation as this place has
large no. of industries.
They are literate and well developed; science and technology are well developed there.
The people living in this climatic region export copper, iron, tin, uranium etc to the
European countries.
ii. Amazon and Congo Basin:

They have primitive lifestyle.

They are nomadic inhabitants
They are involved in hunting wild animals, gathering wild fruits and edible roots for
survival. They use a long pipe
and the arrow with poison to hunt the animals.
They are illiterate and undeveloped.
Pursue tribe are involved in shifting agriculture in this region.
Major characteristics:

i) Equatorial regions have hot and wet climate because of the nearness of the sun.
ii) These regions do not experience any season as they have hot and wet climate
throughout the year.
iii) There is dense evergreen forest with tall, big and hard wood trees because of the
everlasting hot and wet climate
throughout the year.
iv) Conventional rainfall occurs almost in every afternoon with lighting and thunder
throughout the year.
v) The forest in this area is called Rain forest or Evergreen Forest as
they remain green throughout the year.
vi) 90% of wild species are found here.

TORRID ZONE
The torrid zone refers to the area of the earth between the Tropic of Cancer and the
Tropic of Capricorn. Geographically, the torrid zone is defined by 23.5 degrees north
latitude and 23.5 degrees south latitude. The tropic zone is another name for the torrid
zone. This climate zone is one of the original five zones used to define the climate and
growing zones of the earth. The delineation of this zone has since been modified to
allow for the multitude of different biomes located within this traditionally tropical

PLANTS
plants and trees like neem,coconut,rose plant are found in the torrid zone.

VEGETATION
There are more than 160,000 types of natural vegetation in a torrid zone. Some of the
vegetation are coral trees, sacred figs, and mosses