Why is there so much rain in the Amazon rain forest?

Answer 1

In an average year in a tropical rain forest, the climate is very humid because of all the rainfall, which amounts to about 250 cm per year. The rain forest has lots of rain because it is very hot and wet. This climate is found near the equator. That means that there is more direct sunlight hitting the land and sea there than anywhere else. The sun warms the land and sea and the water evaporates into the air. The warm air can hold a lot of water vapor. As the air rises, it cools. That means it can hold less water vapor. Then as warm meets cold, condensation takes place and the vapor forms droplets, and clouds form. The clouds then produce rain. It rains more than ninety days a year and the strong sun usually shines between the storms. The water cycle repeats often along the equator. The main plants in this biome are trees. A lot of the rain that falls on the rain forest never reaches the ground. It stays on the trees because the leaves act as a shield, and some rain never gets past the trees to the smaller plants and grounds below. Trees in this climate reach a height of more than 164 feet. They form a canopy. The forest floor is called understory. The canopy also keeps sunlight from reaching the plants in the understory. Between the canopy and understory is a lower canopy made up of smaller trees. These plants do receive some filtered sunlight.

Answer 2

There is plenty of rain in the Amazon Rain forest which is the largest of all rain forest found in the continent of South America mainly because it is located on the equator which makes it temperature high enough and so it results in the maximum evaporation of the water causing heavy rainfall to occur almost around the whole year.

Answer 3

The Amazon rainforest gets a lot of rain due to its location near the equator, where warm air rises and condenses to form clouds and precipitation. The high levels of humidity and the presence of the Andes Mountains further contribute to the region's heavy rainfall.

Answer 4

Because they are close to the equator and getting direct rays from the sun

Answer 5

Yes. It's very humid as well. Most rainforest are very near the equator. However, there are rainforests in Alaska and Washington State, and those rainforests are not hot.

Answer 6

The rainforest is hot because of it's humidity, even when it rains it is hot. Because of it's humidity

Answer 7

It's so hot because it's very close to the equator.

Answer 8

because it is near the equator

Answer 9

yes it is