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Physical Geography
•Located
between 2 and
7 degrees
north of the
Equator
Malaysia- Geographical Location
Climate
• a sprawling, relaxed town
• beautiful sunsets over the offshore islands
Temperature
• Equatorial humid climate,
Tropical maritime climate
• sunny and hot all year round
• Temperatures range from
21℃to 32℃
• Low seasonality
Temperature variation
throughout the year is
small.
Sunny blue skies
typify most days.
Rainfall
• annual rainfall
• 2000 mm - 2500 mm
• High relatively humidity
• typically over 80%
throughout the year
• scattered unpredictable rains
• advisable to always bring an umbrella
in case it rains
• "Land Below the Wind" "風下之鄉 "
setting the State free from climatic
disturbances
Landform
-Mount Kinabalu
• In the eastern
malaysia
• on the isaland
Borneo
Mt.Kinabalu
• Mt. Kinabalu is one of the youngest nonvolcanic mountains in the world
• 4th tallest mountain in the Malaysia
• 4,095 metres above the sea level
• Grows in speed by 0.5 cm every year
• the most unique mountain in the world
Mt.Kinabalu
• Between the
Eurasian plate and
the Indo-Australian
plate
• Fold mountain
• Volcano but not
active
Mt.Kinabalu
Poring Hot Spring
• Steaming
water is an
excellent tonic
for tired limbs
Mt.Kinabalu
Vegetation zonation on a mountain
Mt.Kinabalu
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factors affecting the temperature:
1) Amount of sunlight
(e.g. In the morning ,
the temperature drops to 0℃ )
2) Environmental lapse rate(環境遞減率) :
1000m↑  6℃↓
Pulau Gaya
Pulau Gaya
•The largest
island in Kota
Kinabalu
Kinabalu National Park
• Malaysia's first
World Heritage Site
• designated by UNESCO in
December 2000
‧ Habitat of animal
species
Tropical rainforest
• Forest in tropical regions
• A biome (生物群) found in equatorial region
(10 °N -10 ° S)
• High biodiversity(生物多樣性)
Layers
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Often 5 layers in structure
Emergent layer (樹冠層)
Canopy layer (露生層)
Young trees/understory
(幼樹層)
• Shrubs (灌木層)
• Undergrowth
/forest floor(地面層)
Trees
Living organism characteristics
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Great species diversity
Dense forest
Trees: tall, large and evergreen
with buttress root
Living organism characteristics
• Barks: thin, smooth
• Leaves: broad, smooth, shinny
with drip-tip
Rafflesia (食人花/屍花)
• The largest flower in the World
• Takes up to 15 months to bud
• Only lasts 7 days
once it blooms
• it smells of rotting flesh
Soil characteristics
• infertile
• Nutrients – mostly stored
in plants
• Acidic soil
• Brown and red in color
Klias River Cruise
Klias wetland
• Located 110km south
of Kota Kinabalu
• a Mangrove Forest
Reserve rich with river
side wildlife and birds
QUESTION:
Do you know what is it?
ANSWER:
Proboscis Monkey (長鼻猴)
Organisms in Klias River
• Proboscis Monkey(長鼻猴)
• Display of fireflies
• crocodiles, lizards,
tree snakes, eagle
‧Long Tail Macaque
monkeys
‧Silver Langur
monkeys
The End