Categories: All - rainfall - biodiversity - erosion - humidity

by chris murdock 15 years ago

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Tomaga-River Inter-T

The Tomaga-River inter-tidal wetlands are influenced by various environmental factors across the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. Atmospheric conditions, such as insolation and orographic rainfall, impact soil moisture, shade, and exposure, consequently affecting humidity levels.

Tomaga-River Inter-T

Tomaga-River Inter-Tidal Wetlands

Biosphere

samphire turns red and drops leaves to combat hypersalinity eg Grey mangrove absorbs and salt through leaves
certain plants must adopt to soil conditions
Decomposing flora/fauna increase soil fertility. Crabs/whelks airate the soil allowing for increased decomposition
lithosphere is a habitat for high Biodiversity eg, semiphore and soldier crabs

Lithosphere

lithospher is affected by the amount of tidal erosion

Atmosphere

Local landforms (mts) increase likelihood of orographic rainfall, may effect shade and exposure on Tidal Wetlands and influence humidity levels.
insolation can reduce soil moisture

Hydrosphere

Flood/ storm events may erode the upstream lithosphere increasing turbidity and threatening the photosynthesis
open delta allows free movement of the tides and deposition of sand sediment
tidal flow waterlogs soil twice daily necessitating mangrove pneumatophors
Water body moderates temperatures
lithospher provides ground water to woodlands
River/creek flow provides rich alluvial soil, with nutrients