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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.
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∙ 12y agoThere 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.
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∙ 16y agoBecause they are close to the equator and getting direct rays from the sun
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∙ 12y agoYes. 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.
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∙ 13y agoThe rainforest is hot because of it's humidity, even when it rains it is hot. Because of it's humidity
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∙ 10y agoIt's so hot because it's very close to the equator.
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∙ 16y agobecause it is near the equator
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∙ 15y agoyes it is
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Why does the rain forset rain so much?
It rains so that the animals in the rain forest get more trees and more oxygen so that they can survive They need so much rain so to live in rain forest
Why does the Amazon rain forest get so much water?
In the case of the Bolivia Amazon Basin. the large amount of rainfall is due to northeasterly winds picking up moisture over the warm Atlantic ocean. Which then crosses the Amazon Basin where it then falls
What would be a good rain forest haiku?
woods ever so nice rain wet leaves not many shrubs forest ever so friendly
Should rainforest be capitalized?
No. Names of unique places should be capitalized. For example, the Amazon is a unique place and therefore should use an upper case "A". The rain forest there is one of many rain forests and so does not represent a unique place.
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.
Why does it rain so much in the Amazon rain-forest?
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Is there a rain forest in Brazil if so what is it called?
It is known as the Amazon rain forest.
Where can you find a anakonda?
Did you mean anaconda if so amazon rain forest.
Why does the rain forset rain so much?
It rains so that the animals in the rain forest get more trees and more oxygen so that they can survive They need so much rain so to live in rain forest
Why has it been so difficult to stop destruction of the amazon rain forest?
Money
Why is the Amazon always hot?
The amazon rain forest is so hot because all the trees are tightly compact.
What is the area of the Amazon Rain Forest?
Well he rainforest has many places in it so what are did you have in mind
What does the Greek Amazon have to do with the Amazon Rainforests of today?
The most accepted theory about the name of the Amazon Rain forest is that Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana ran into a native tribe of the rain forest, whose women fought and hunted alongside the men. The women reminded him of the Greek Amazons, who were all fierce warriors, so he named the Amazon Rain forest after them.
How much sunlight is in the tropical rain forest?
Not much it is a rain forest. But enough for plants to survive and to see. So when your in the woods it is about the same.
How big is the biggest rainforest?
I am not sure if there is a name for it but it is a connected temperature rainforest which stretches from practically the San Francisco Bay almost to the Aleutian Islands, it is the largest in the US and Canada.
What percentage of the amazon rain forest is safe from being cut down?
merely 20%...so sad..
Do koalas live the rain forest?
The koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, so you would not find it is an Amazon rain forest. The main diet of a koala is the leaves of the eucalyptus tree.
