Dominican Republic

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The Dominican Republic

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• Island is called “Hispaniola“
• Capital : Santo Domingo

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7. Basic facts

• Island is called “Hispaniola“
• Capital : Santo Domingo

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Basic facts
• Official language: Spanish
• Population: 10,300,000
• Is known for: beaches, holiday destinations, golf
courses

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- the rains maintain a
certain level of moisture
in the soil
-Average annual
temperature is between
18ºC and 12ºC and may
fall below 0ºC between
December and February
-These forests usually
develop in shallow,
carbonate, lateritic, lowproducing soils, located
primarily on land with
rugged topography.
The Dominican Republic
- Abundant endemism
and relict taxon
-Forest
- Soil
-from 850 to 2200 meters
elevation and montane,
- from 2100 to 3175
meters elevation, steppes
of the island’s principal
mountain ranges.
-forests: of 2,500 meters
-pine forests are located
on slopes with shallow
soils
-higher elevations of the
mountain systems
Everything Varies
depending on altitude
(from low montane to
montane) and
precipitation (from wet to
very wet).

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Knowing that the Island of Hispaniola is very tropical, you will see all the general
biotic factors. such as marine life, land animal, phytoplankton.
-You won't see animals that need to be in cold weather, due to the fact that the
weather is always warm.
- Flora and Fauna
- Latifoliate Trees
-Pine trees : during the wet climates
-Symbioses fungi
-Species: Sabina
-endemic sabina
-podocarpus buchii

16. Sources

https://www.diccionariomedioambiente.org/DiccionarioMedioAmbiente_en/en/definicionVer.asp?id=305