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| Climatic zone | Ecological division | Biophysical characteristics of the division | Sites | Site name | Biophysical characteristics of the sites |
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| Sudanian zone with a dry season and a raining season | Zone I: northern plains of Togo | Tropical | Sustained cut of laterite “Dembos” | Protected site: national park (NP) | Oti-Kéran (OK) | Sudanian with a dry season (5–6 months) and raining (5–6) with 800 to 1000 mm of rainfall per year; average temperature = 31.5°C | Tropical ironed soils of sustained laterite type | 9°55′-10°20′N 0°25′-1°00′E |
| Zone II: northern branch of Togo mounts | Marked by Sudanian-Guinean type of altitude | Stoned to rocky | Protected site: national park (NP) | Fazao-Malfakassa (FM) | Sudanian-Guinean with a dry season(5 months) and raining (7 months) with 1200 to 1500 mm of rainfall per year; temperature raising to 15°C–40°C | Red metal and sandy deep soils | 8°19′-9°11′N 0°36′-1°27′E |
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| Guinean-Sudanian zone or Transition zone with a dry season and a raining season | Zone III: central plains | Tropical | Very broad laterite | Protected site: wildlife reserve (WR) | Abdoulaye (AB) | Guinean with two dry seasons with 1200 to 1300 mm of rainfall per year; average temperature = 26.1°C | Slight deep soils with clayey texture | 08°34′-08°46′N 01°13′-01°25′E |
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| Guinean zone with two dry seasons and two raining seasons with equal durations | Zone IV: southern zone of Togo mounts | Subequatorial transition | Little bit deep and deep | Rural domain (RD) | Plateau Akposso (AK) | Guinean with two dry seasons and two raining with 1400 to 1700 mm of raining per year; average temperature = 26.3°C | Little advanced soils of erosion | 9°55′-10°20′N 0°25′-1°00′E |
| Zone V: coastal plain of the south | Subequatorial marked by a lack rain (800 mm/year in Lome) | Slightly sandy and coastal alluvium. Tropical ironed soils | Protected site: wildlife reserve (WR) | Togodo (TO) | Guinean with two dry season (3–9) with 1000 to 1200 mm of rainfall; average temperature = 27°C | Clayey soils with a sandy surface. | 6°23′-7°N 1°23′-1°34′E |
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