It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate (mild, wet winters and hot dry summers) and wildfire, featuring summer-drought-tolerant plants with hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves, as contrasted with the associated soft-leaved, drought-deciduous, scrub community of coastal sage scrub, found below the chaparral biome.n its natural state, chaparral is characterized by infrequent fires, with intervals ranging between 10â15 years to over a hundred years.
Echo is caused by reflection of the sound from a broad and hard obstacle. The echo can be heard if the following condition is met. To hear a distinct echo, the time interval between original sound and the reflection must be at least 0.1s.
noun. 1 (plural echoes) A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener: the walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps. More example sentences.Synonyms. 1  There was no screaming, no running footsteps, no echoes across the stony surfaces. (plural echoes) A sound or sounds caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener: the walls threw back the echoes of his footsteps. More example sentences. Synonyms. 1  There was no screaming, no running footsteps, no echoes across the stony surfaces.