4. Climate of T&T
• Trinidad and Tobago has a tropical marine
climate, that is, a climate influenced by the sea.
• There are two main seasons the wet season and
the dry season.
• The annual rainfall is 1000 to over 1500 mm.
• The temperature ranges from 25°C to 35°C.
• The trade winds blow all year round.
• The trade winds are moist as they have passed
over warm seas.
5. Effect of Climate
Environment People
• Agriculture - the choice of
crops grown and animals
• Vegetation raised
• Animal life • Clothing
• Water resources • Housing
• Sports
• Tourism
6. Forests
Types of
vegetation
in T&T
Coastal
vegetation Savannah
(swamp)
9. Tropical Rainforests
• The tropical rainforests
encompass some of the
most varied and
species-rich places on
earth.
• The rainforests has
frequent rain showers
with a minimum 2,000
mm of rainfall a year.
10. T&T’s Rainforests
• Trinidad’s rainforests • Tobago Rain Forest
are located in the Reserve
higher mountain peaks • The oldest forest
of the Northern Range reserve in the western
hemisphere is located in
the central ranges of
Tobago
11. Trinidad’s Tropical Dry Forests
Tropical dry forests are located primarily in
western and southern parts of Trinidad.
12. Tropical Dry Forests
• These forests occur in year-round warm climates,
where there is a wet and a dry season.
• A couple of hundred centimetres of rain per year
is not uncommon in the wet or rainy season but
there is also a long dry seasons of several
months when there is little rain.
• The trees shed their leaves to cope with the dry
season.
13. Tropical dry forest
The major areas of tropical
dry forest in Trinidad
include:
1. The Chaguaramas
peninsula
2. Areas along the south
coast of the island,
from Cedros to Morne
Diablo, and
3. Areas along the east
coast including parts
of Guayaguayare,
Mayaro & Manzanilla
