Rainforest - National Geographic Society
网页2023年10月19日 — A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years.
Rainforest | Definition, Plants, Map, & Facts | Britannica
网页2024年8月22日 — Rainforest, luxuriant forest, generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. Rainforests usually occur in regions where there is a high annual rainfall of generally more than 1,800 mm (70 inches) and a hot and steamy climate.
Rainforest - Wikipedia
网页Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforests can be generally classified as tropical rainforests or temperate rainforests, but other types have been described.
Rainforest and Amazon facts and information - National Geographic
网页2019年5月15日 — Found on every continent except Antarctica, rainforests are ecosystems filled with mostly evergreen trees that typically receive high amounts of rainfall. Tropical rainforests are found near...
Rainforests - National Geographic Society
网页Rainforests. Like the name suggests, rainforest ecosystems are full of trees and receive huge amounts of rain. Despite covering just 6 percent of Earth’s surface, more than half the world’s plant and animal species live in rainforests.
Rainforest - National Geographic Society
网页Rainforests are forests that get at least 203 centimeters (80 inches) of rain per year. We typically think of tropical rainforests as the only type of rainforest, but rainforests can also be found in temperate areas with milder climates.
tropical rainforest - Encyclopedia Britannica
网页2024年8月19日 — Tropical rainforests, which worldwide make up one of Earth’s largest biomes (major life zones), are dominated by broad-leaved trees that form a dense upper canopy (layer of foliage) and contain a diverse array of vegetation and other life.
Tropical rainforest - Wikipedia
网页Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome that occurs roughly within the 28° latitudes (in the torrid zone between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn).
The Rainforest: tropical forest facts, photos, and information
网页2020年8月14日 — Rainforests are forest ecosystems characterized by high levels of rainfall, an enclosed canopy and high species diversity.
The World’s Top 10 Biggest Rainforests - Earth.Org
网页2024年6月22日 — The World’s Top 10 Biggest Rainforests. 1. The Amazon Rainforest. The Amazon is the world’s largest and best known tropical rainforest. As measured by primary forest extent, the Amazon rainforest is more than three times larger than that of the Congo Basin, the world’s second largest rainforest.
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