Tropical Soils. Lush growth on top, but not fertile soil … Tropical soils are found under very hot conditions, and high yearly rainfall. They are the.

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Tropical Soils

Lush growth on top, but not fertile soil … Tropical soils are found under very hot conditions, and high yearly rainfall. They are the worlds oldest soils. They are so old, that they are RUSTY ! These soils have little ORGANIC MATTER, and very little NUTRIENTS !

OXISOL Very Weathered

ULTISOL Weathered

Tropical forests

Tropical forests have over 150 species of trees in one football field… There is a LOT of different organisms!

Savannah Plains

What kind of animals live in the Savannah?

Termites are tropical earthworms …

Rainforests can be FLAT

Or hilly, depending on where they are.

Forests are often CUT to produce grazing area and for fuel: This releases CARBON DIOXIDE

A plot of cleared ground is only good for A FEW YEARS! There is not a lot of nutrients, and crops cannot grow well. Farmers need to clear more land. Without trees, tropical soils dry out and become desert like. They have very little organic matter to hold soil in place. Soil just becomes dirt !

Bad management creates LANDSLIDES ! Why are LANDSLIDES dangerous?

Humans can do things to manage fertility and erosion!

Soil Scientists sometimes need to hike through the jungle to study tropical soils.

Vocabulary Organic matter Nutrients Fertility Erosion

Vocabulary Ultisols – acidic, strongly leached, older soils Oxisols - very weathered soils of tropical and subtropical environments Landslide- rapid movement of soils downhill Clear cut – removing all of the trees from a surface area