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What is the difference between temperate rainforests and tropical rainforests?
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Tropical rain forests are found near/around the equator
Temperate rain forests are found along western coasts of some countries
Tropical rain forests also have less seasonal change.
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What are rainforests?
Tropical rainforests are forests with tall tress, warm climate, and lots of rain. Tropical rainforests are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest. They are found in tropics, the region between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. Each rainforest is unique but there are certatin features common to all tropical rainforests. Temperate rainforests occur in small pockets. A temperate rainforest will have over 1400 mm of rain per year. There is a large temperate rainforest in Washington state.
What is the difference between a temperate rainforest and an tropical rainforest?
The main difference between a temperate rainforest and tropical rainforest is location. Tropical rainforests ar located near the equator between the tropics of cancer and capricorn. Temperate rainforests ar located to the north of the Tropic of Cancer and to the south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
How do temperate rain forests differ from tropical rain forests?
Temperate rain forests are usually coastal and have cooler summers and milder winters than Tropical rain forests. Also Temperate rain forests have summer fogs that keep it moist. temperate rain forests also have lots of moss and consists of Deciduous trees.
What is the difference between the two types of rainforests?
The tropical rainforest is always wet and temerate is not and its much cooler
What continents is rainforests found?
Rainforests are found on all the continents except Antarctica. There are two types of rainforests tropical and temperate. Tropical rainforests are rainforests in the tropics, found near the Equator (between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn) and present in Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and northeastern Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa from Cameroon to the Congo, South America, Central America and on many of the Pacific Islands. Temperate rainforests can be found in North America, in Europe, East Asia (in southern China, Taiwan, much of Japan and Korea, in South America, Australia and New Zealand.
In which parts of the world are the tropical rainforests?
the rainforests in the world that are tropical are the rainforests between the tropics of cancer and the tropics of Capricorn (witch are either side of the equator, the hottest part of the world).
What is the difference between a tropical rain forest and a grassland?
the difference between a tropical rainforest and a tropical dry forest is that a tropical dry forest is only sand like desert but has all animals and a rainforest is always raining and has many plants.
Are areas between the high and low latitudes temperate or tropical?
They would be temperate.
What is the difference between a tropical and temperate rainforest?
the tropical rain forest is near the tropic of Capricorn and the tropic of cancer it is also at average 27 degrees and frost free all year round.there are fewer temperate rain forests than tropical rain forest .temperate rain forests temperatures vary and they also have allot of rainfall.but the main difference is the warmth of the temperate and the cool climate of the tropical rain forests
Is the cloud forest in Ecuador temperate or tropical?
No, The Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve on the North-Western slopes of the Andean mountain range in Quito, Ecuador, is considered:pre-montane/subtropical rainforest,the differentiation lies in its geography; Tropical rainforests are warm and moist; while temperate rainforests are cool.Only a small percentage of the tropical forests are rainforests.To be a tropical rainforest, forested areas must: Lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. and Ecuador, lies pretty much, smack dab in the middlehope this answers your question
What is the average rainfall in the Rain forest?
Rainforests (Tropical or Temperate) are characterized by very high rainfall. A rainforest can get between 250-450 cm of rainfall per year or between 100 and 177 inches . The Monsoon Trough is of great benefit in maintaining the type of weather zone rainforests require.
Is the amazon rainforest a tropical or temperate rainforest?
sorry i know the answer was not a good answer and you like to know this answerthat was a wrong answer i will speak to the person who published it so i will just find the answerhere is the answer its pretty long it took long to writeThere are two types of Rainforest tropical and temperate. Tropical are found close to the equator. Temperate are found along coasts in the temperate zone.Tropical rainforests are located close to the equator, an area known as the tropic zone. Most are in the area between the Tropic of Cancer. and the Tropic of Capricorn.Temperatures near the equator are higher. These higher temperatures cause accelerated evaporation of water, which results in frequent rain in forested areas in the tropics.Tropical rainforests are found in South and Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Tropical rainforests cover only about 6% of the Earth's surface.The largest tropical rain forest are in the Amazon River Basin, the Congo River Basin, and throughout much of southeast Asia. There are many smaller ones located throughout the tropics including Central America, Madagascar, Australia and India.Temperate rainforests are found in the area of the earth known as the temperate zones. Areas that include temperate rainforests are the pacific coast of the United States and Canada, New Zealand, Tasmania, Chile, Ireland, Scotland and Norway. There are fewer temperate forests.. Also they cover a lot less area.
