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Loré Important Bird Area
The Loré Important Bird Area is a 10,906 ha tract of land in East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Wallacea. It forms the south-westernmost part of the Nino Konis Santana National Park. Description The IBA encompasses the vicinity of the village of Loré on the southern coast of the Lautém District. In elevation it ranges from sea level to about 500 m. It contains several plant community, plant communities including tropical, lowland evergreen forest, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical dry forest and moist deciduous forest, mangroves, and coastal strand vegetation, forming the largest assemblage of such habitats on the island. It is surrounded by teak plantations, Paddy field, rice paddies and shifting cultivation. Birds The site has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports significant populations of bar-necked cuckoo-doves, black cucko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowland Tropical Evergreen Forest Near Loré
Upland and lowland are conditional descriptions of a plain based on elevation above sea level. In studies of the ecology of freshwater rivers, habitats are classified as upland or lowland. Definitions Upland and lowland are portions of plain that are conditionally categorized by their elevation above the sea level. Lowlands are usually no higher than , while uplands are somewhere around to . On unusual occasions, certain lowlands such as the Caspian Depression lie below sea level. Upland habitats are cold, clear and rocky whose rivers are fast-flowing in mountainous areas; lowland habitats are warm with slow-flowing rivers found in relatively flat lowland areas, with water that is frequently colored by sediment and organic matter. These classifications overlap with the geological definitions of "upland" and "lowland". In geology an "upland" is generally considered to be land that is at a higher elevation than the alluvial plain or stream terrace, which are considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |