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Where are the Rainforests?
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.
Weather in the Rainforests
Because rainforests are near the Earth’s equator, the temperature ishot- 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.
Animals Of The Rain Forest
Sloth OrangutanJaguar
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
Plants Of The Rain 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 arevery tall trees and smaller bushes.
Layers of the RainforestEMERGENT 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 LAYERThis 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 LAYERVery 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 FLOORIt's very dark down here. Almost no plants grow in this area. Giant anteaters live in this layer.
The People Of The Rainforests
There are tribes of people that still live in the rainforests. They get their food from plants and animals in the forest.
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
African rainforest
Secondary forest-subject to intense human pressure (had been cut down in the past)
Four forest zones in Africa:
Indo-Malayan region (South and Southeast Asia)
highly mountainous and insular, with an intensely humid and hot climate
Not subjected to much human pressure in the past
Two main areas:
WESTERN PORTION
BORNEOMALAYA
INDONESIA
SOUTHERN
THAILAND
•BURMA•CAMBODIA•VIETNAM
•LAOS
EASTERN PORTION
NEW GUINEA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA
PHILIPPINES