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Bookmark or Share- Rainforest Habitat facts and photos - National Geographic KidsRainforests are lush, warm, wet habitats. Trees in the rainforest grow very tall because they have to compete with other plants for sunlight. Kapok trees, which are found in tropical...
- The Rainforest: tropical forest facts, photos, and informationRAINFOREST FACTS. Tropical forests presently cover about 1.84 billion hectares or about 12 percent of Earth's land surface (3.6% of Earth's surface). The world's largest rainforest is the Amazon rainforest; Brazil has the largest extent of rainforest cover, including nearly two-thirds of the Amazon.
- Tropical rainforest | Definition, Characteristics, Location, Climate ...A tropical rainforest is a luxuriant forest found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands near the Equator. Tropical rainforests are dominated by broad-leaved trees that form a dense upper canopy and contain a wide array of vegetation and other life.
- Rainforest - Education | National Geographic SocietyA rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees that receives a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are likely Earth’s oldest living ecosystems , with some surviving in their present form for at least 60 million years.
- Rainforests, Explained - National Geographic SocietyFound on every continent except Antarctica, rainforests are ecosystems filled with mostly trees that typically receive high amounts of rainfall. Tropical rainforests are found near the equator, with high average temperatures and humidity, while temperate rainforests lie mostly in coastal, mountainous areas within the midlatitudes.
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