Sonora's climate is subhumid and subtropical, though periods of long drought are not uncommon due to the proximity of deserts and steppes nearby, to the west.
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The subhumid forests ecoregion also includes the disjunct Analavelona and Isalo massifs to the southwest, surrounded by succulent forests at lower elevations, and wetlands such as Lake Alaotra.
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The climate varies from hot and subhumid tropical in the southern tracts to, with more elevation, cold, alpine, and glacial in the northern and eastern mountain ranges.
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Black soils, associated with subhumid climates and tall-grass native vegetation, have a black A horizon which is usually thicker than that of Brown or Dark Brown soils.
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It is narrowly distributed in an area with a dry to subhumid bioclimate extending from the Ambato Peninsula and the lower Ifasy river valley north to near Ambilobe ( Antsiranana province ).
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The subhumid forests were formerly home to the island's distinct megafauna, including giant lemurs, some of them larger than modern gorillas, the elephant birds ( Aepyornithidae ), and giant tortoises.
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By this Robinson meant that North Dakota had too many farms, railroad miles, roads, towns, banks, schools, government institutions, churches, and people for suitable living in a subhumid grassland.
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Using the reference point of Totora and Mizque, the town has a subhumid climate, according to the AMDECO . Compared to other towns in the area, Totora is the driest, with more sparse vegetation.
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To the north, the succulent woodlands make a transition into the Madagascar dry deciduous forests, while to the south, they border the even drier Madagascar spiny thickets and to the east, the Madagascar subhumid forests.
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Lowry, G . E . Schatz 2002 is a shrub to tree 3-12 m tall distributed in the Sambirano region ( subhumid bioclimate ) from south of Maromandia north to the Ambanja area ( Antsiranana and Mahajanga provinces ).
