Galapagos+islands

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Fauna and Flora
Fauna- Giant Tortoise, Land Iguana, Marine Iguana, Landbirds, and Seabirds



Flora- Scalesia atractyloides (daisy tree), Darwiniothamnus, Lecocarpus (the cut-leaf daisy), Macraea (needle-leaf daisy), Brachycereus (the lava cactus), and Jasminocereus (the candelabra cactus)

Climate


The Galapagos Island's climate depends solely on its currents. The Galapagos Islands are situated at a major intersection of several ocean currents, the cold Humboldt current (which predominantly influences the climate), the cold Cromwell current (also known as the Equatorial Countercurrent, which is responsible for much of the unique marine life around the Galapagos) and the warm Panama current. The ocean's surface is 7 - 28 degrees C.

References:

http://www.gct.org/tortoise.html

http://www.ms-starship.com/sciencenew/galapagos_geology.htm