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Major Rainforest Regions
Rainforests are found near the Earth's equator in South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. They have hot temperatures around 80 degrees and receive heavy rainfall, around 6 inches per month. This climate allows dense vegetation to grow, including many tall tree species. Rainforests are home to a diverse array of animal species, both in the canopy layer and on the forest floor. Some of the notable animals that live in rainforests include orangutans, jaguars, toucans, and poison dart frogs. Indigenous tribes still inhabit some rainforest areas and rely on the forest's resources for survival. Rainforests are considered essential due to the many species they support, their provision of natural medicines and
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- 2. Question: Why do youthink it is called a rainforest?
- 3. Where are theRainforests? Rainforests can be found on the continents of South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Rainforests are always around the earth’s equator. The largest one is the Amazon Rainforest in South America.
- 4. Question: On what continentscan you find rainforests?
- 5. Weather in theRainforests Because rainforests are near the Earth’s equator, the temperature is hot- about 80°. It rains a lot, almost 6 inches a month- it rains almost everyday! It is because of the rain and high temperature that the plants grow so much.
- 6. Question: What is theweather like in a rainforest?
- 7. Animals Of TheRain Forest Sloth Orangutan Jaguar AnteaterToucan Poison Dart Frog The rainforest is home to many species of animals and insects. Some of them live in the trees, some on the ground and some just fly around. Blue Morpho Butterfly Blue Bug
- 8. Question: Which animals livein the rainforest?
- 9. Plants Of TheRain Forest Laelia tenebrosa Clavillia Strangler Fig The rainforests has many plants. Because of the warm temperature and the amount of rain, vegetation is lush- plants grow big and thick. There are very tall trees and smaller bushes.
- 10. Layers of theRainforest EMERGENT LAYER The tallest trees are the emergent layer. There is a lot of sunlight there. Animals found there are eagles, monkeys, bats and butterflies. CANOPY LAYER This layer is full of leaves and branches. Many animals live in this area since there is a lot of food. Animals that live there are snakes, toucans and treefrogs. UNDERSTORY LAYER Very little sunshine reaches this area so the plants have to grow larger leaves get sunlight. Many animals live here including jaguars, red-eyed tree frogs and leopards. A lot of bugs live here. FOREST FLOOR It's very dark down here. Almost no plants grow in this area. Giant anteaters live in this layer.
- 11. The People OfThe Rainforests There are tribes of people that still live in the rainforests. They get their food from plants and animals in the forest.
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- 13. African rainforest Approximately 9%of Africa’s land mass rainfall is relatively low deforested and has become savanna relatively impoverished- areas are somewhat dry with stressful alternating dry and wet seasons
- 14. African rainforest Secondary forest-subjectto intense human pressure (had been cut down in the past) Four forest zones in Africa:
- 15. Guinea forest recent originon the west coast
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- 18. Congo forest which isby far the largest
- 20. Indo-Malayan region (South andSoutheast Asia) highly mountainous and insular, with an intensely humid and hot climate Not subjected to much human pressure in the past Two main areas:
- 21. WESTERN PORTION BORNEO MALAYA INDONESIA SOUTHERN THAILAND •BURMA •CAMBODIA •VIETNAM •LAOS EASTERN PORTION NEWGUINEA SOLOMON ISLANDS NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA PHILIPPINES
- 22. Western Asia contain a variety typesof forest: •Lowland •Highland •Swamp •Peat APO ISLAND, DUMAGUETE
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- 25. Are Rainforests Essential?Why? because millions of animals and people live there, many products including foods and medicines come from the rainforests and rainforests affect Earth’s climate
Editor's Notes
- #22 western portion, consisting of Borneo, Malaya, and Indonesia (together forming Malesia), along with southern Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos, and the east, extending from New Guinea to the Solomon Islands and Northeastern Australia
- #23 of western Asia contain a variety of types of forest – lowland, highland, swamp, and peat, with rich volcanic soils in some places (Java, for instance) and infertile soils in areas away from mountain chains and alluvial plains.