Cycle de l'eauLe cycle de l'eau, ou cycle hydrologique correspond à l'ensemble des transferts d'eau (liquide, solide ou gazeuse) entre les réservoirs d'eau sur Terre (les océans, l'atmosphère, les lacs, les cours d'eau, les nappes d'eau souterraine et les glaciers). Le « moteur » de ce cycle est l'énergie solaire qui, en favorisant l'évaporation de l'eau, entraîne tous les autres échanges. La science qui étudie le cycle de l’eau est l’hydrologie.
Tropical vegetationTropical vegetation is any vegetation in tropical latitudes. Plant life that occurs in climates that are warm year-round is in general more biologically diverse that in other latitudes. Some tropical areas may receive abundant rain the whole year round, but others have long dry seasons which last several months and may vary in length and intensity with geographic location. These seasonal droughts have great impact on the vegetation, such as in the Madagascar spiny forests. Rainforest vegetation is categorized by five layers.
