A report on Tropical rainforest
No dry season – all months have an average precipitation of at least 60 mm – and may also be referred to as lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest.
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Rainforest
4 linksRainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.
Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainforest, but other types have been described.
Deforestation
4 linksRemoval of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
Removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
The most concentrated deforestation occurs in tropical rainforests.
Tree
3 linksPerennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
Perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
Tropical rainforests are among the most biodiverse habitats in the world.
Forest
3 linksArea of land dominated by trees.
Area of land dominated by trees.
The latitudes 10° north and south of the equator are mostly covered in tropical rainforest, and the latitudes between 53°N and 67°N have boreal forest.
Amazon rainforest
3 linksThe Amazon rainforest, alternatively, the Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
2 linksTropical and subtropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Tropical and subtropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Lowland equatorial evergreen rain forests, commonly known as tropical rainforests, are forests which receive high rainfall (tropical rainforest climate with more than 2000 mm, or 80 inches, annually) throughout the year. These forests occur in a belt around the equator, with the largest areas in the Amazon basin of South America, the Congo basin of central Africa, the Wet Tropics of Queensland in Australia and parts of the Malay Archipelago. About half of the world's tropical rainforests are in the South American countries of Brazil and Peru. Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rainforests.
Canopy (biology)
3 linksAboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.
Aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns.
The highest terrestrial biodiversity resides in the canopy of tropical rainforests.
Leopard
1 linksOne of the five extant species in the genus Panthera, a member of the cat family, Felidae.
One of the five extant species in the genus Panthera, a member of the cat family, Felidae.
The black leopard is common foremost in tropical and subtropical moist forests like the equatorial rainforest of the Malay Peninsula and the tropical rainforest on the slopes of some African mountains such as Mount Kenya.
Soil
1 linksMixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
Mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
Most of the soil's CEC occurs on clay and humus colloids, and the lack of those in hot, humid, wet climates (e.g. tropical rainforests), due to leaching and decomposition, respectively, explains the apparent sterility of tropical soils.
Medicine chest (idiom)
0 linksColloquial phrase and idiom used to describe an area with the highest concentration of medicine stockpile, production, or potential of sources for medicines.
Colloquial phrase and idiom used to describe an area with the highest concentration of medicine stockpile, production, or potential of sources for medicines.
In nature, tropical rainforests are considered the world's medicine chest or world's largest pharmacy as 25% of Western pharmaceuticals are derived from ingredients found in tropical rainforests.