1. Give 3 ways of describing where we find rainforests. Remember compass points, continents, oceans, tropic and countries.

1. Give 3 ways of describing where we find rainforests. Remember compass points, continents, oceans, tropic and countries.

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

ASIAEUROPE

OCEANIA

AFRICA

Equator

1 = Congo Rainforest2 = Amazon Rainforest3 = SE Asian Rainforest

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1. Give 3 ways of describing where we find rainforests. Remember compass points, continents, oceans, tropic and countries.

NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

ASIAEUROPE

OCEANIA

AFRICATropic of Cancer

Tropic of CapricornEquator

1 = Congo Rainforest2 = Amazon Rainforest3 = SE Asian Rainforest

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Rainforests are found;

In the tropics (between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

Close to the equator

In South America, In central Africa and in South Asia

NOT in Europe, North America and Antarctica

The rainforest has high temperature and rainfall leading to very h_____ conditions. Its rainfall levels split the year into wet and dry seasons. The wet season runs from ______ to _______. During this period there is approximately _______ mm of rainfall each month. The dry season runs from _______ to ________ and each month during it there is approximately _____ mm of rain.By the end of the wet season the river can have risen 12m!

The rainforest has high temperature and rainfall leading to very h_____ conditions. Its rainfall levels split the year into wet and dry seasons. The wet season runs from ______ to _______. During this period there is approximately _______ mm of rainfall each month. The dry season runs from _______ to ________ and each month during it there is approximately _____ mm of rain.By the end of the wet season the river can have risen 12m!

Rainforest Structure4 layers•Huge trees (sometimes 60m high), windy, sunny. •An almost unbroken ceiling of leaves, little wind, some light.•Smaller tree species and shrubs form a broken layer. Little wind or light, hot.•Hot, humid, dark, no wind.

Emergent layer

Canopy layer

Under canopy

Forest floor/shrub layer

5m

40m

25m

60m+

Rainforest Structure

Emergents (40m+)•Huge trees (sometimes 60m high), windy, sunny.

Canopy (25-40m)•An almost unbroken ceiling of leaves, little wind, some light.

Under canopy (5-25m)•A broken layer of small trees and shrubs. Hot and dark.

Shrub layer/Forest Floor (<5m)•Hot, humid, dark, no wind.