Soil in the tropical rainforest's is very nutrient poor. The topsoil is only one to two inches (2.5 to 5 centimeters) deep. The only reason plant life is so lush is because the plants store the nutrients in themselves rather than getting them from the soil. When plants decay, other growing plants tap the nutrients from the dead matter and reuse nutrients left over from that plant. This is why farmers can only use the rainforest's soil for one or two years after they clear cut it, before all nutrients are stripped from the soil.The reason the soil so infertile is because it is more than 100 million years old, and has taken a beating from the elements. After time, rain washes minerals out of the soil, leaving it more acidic and nutrient poor. Soil exposed to the heat and condensed sunlight turns it into red clay. Other soils just cannot deal with minerals, and turn it into compounds useless to plants. There are some fertile patches of soil in the rainforest's, but they are scattered throughout the thick vegetation.
Very thin and moist
The Amazon rainforest began forming some 9.9 million years ago. what is the rainforest soil like ?
there are names like daintree and the Amazon
The soil in the Amazon rainforest is generally considered poor in nutrients due to the rapid decomposition of organic matter and leaching caused by heavy rainfall. However, the incredible biodiversity of plant and animal life in the rainforest has adapted to these conditions, creating a complex and interconnected ecosystem that sustains itself.
wet ;)
The Amazon Rainforest is a Tropical Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest is a tropical rainforest.
There are not a lot of nuitreints in it
its rainy because it says RAINforest and why is because your stupid
Rainforest's like the amazon
Amazon Rainforest
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