CAMBIO CLIMATICO

CAMBIO CLIMATICO CAMBIO CLIMATICO

ambiente.gob.do
from ambiente.gob.do More from this publisher
30.12.2014 Views

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA 2003 bién, se requiere crear un grupo de investigación que aporte conocimientos acerca de la vulnerabilidad del patrón epidemiológico de la malaria frente los impactos potenciales del cambio climático por regiones, en aquellas áreas o asentamientos humanos más sensibles a la afectación por enfermedades infecciosas y no infecciosas. De esta manera se pueden dirigir los recursos y aplicar modificaciones o medidas específicas en las áreas. 38

PRIMERA COMUNICACIÓN NACIONAL 1.1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1.1 Geography The Dominican Republics is located between the parallels 17° 36’ and 19° 58’ north latitude, and 68° 17’ and 72° 00’ west longitude. This places the country on the edge of the north tropical zone, with an extension of 48,670.82 km2, of which 1,575 km are coastline, with 526 km distributed along the north, 374 km on the east, and 675 km on the south. The Caribbean Sea lies to the south and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. Hispaniola, along with Puerto Rico to the east, Cuba, to the northeast, and Jamaica to the southwest, belongs to the Greater Antilles group of the Caribbean Archipelago. It shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, occupying the eastern two thirds of the island. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1.2 Island Territory and Soil Conditions The Dominican Republic is home to an extremely varied terrain, illustrated by the fact that a vertical section going north-south can intercept seven large geomorphic regions that, listed from north to south, include a coastal plain; the Cordillera Septentriona,l or Northern Mountain Range; the Yaque del Norte River Valley, the largest in the country; and the Cordillera Central, or Central Mountain Range, with a maximum height of 3,150 meters above sea level. Directly to the south lie the San Juan River Valley; the Sierra de Neiba Mountain Range; the Sierra de Bahoruco Range, and a coastal plain on the south coast. These characteristics influence the island’s climatic conditions. Soils are classified into 7 groups according to the presence or absence of horizons, listed as follows: mollisols, vertisols, histasols, aridisols, ultizols, entisols, and inceptisols. 39

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA 2003<br />

bién, se requiere crear un grupo de investigación<br />

que aporte conocimientos acerca de la vulnerabilidad<br />

del patrón epidemiológico de la malaria<br />

frente los impactos potenciales del cambio<br />

climático por regiones, en aquellas áreas o<br />

asentamientos humanos más sensibles a la<br />

afectación por enfermedades infecciosas y no<br />

infecciosas.<br />

De esta manera se pueden dirigir los recursos y<br />

aplicar modificaciones o medidas específicas en<br />

las áreas.<br />

38

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!