'Weather in the Rainforest'
I have only witnessed rainforest weather while watching movies. The rain comes down so hard at times! While living here in Arizona, I feel like I would not mind that at times. We enjoy escaping the heat here in Yuma, Arizona and going to the Rainforest Cafe in Phoenix, Arizona!
What is a rainforest?
A rainforest is a dense, warm and wet jungle which has around 100 inches of rainfall every year. There is no dry season and rain falls nearly every day. 50% of the rainforest water comes from evaporation and the relative humidity is always high. The temperature in the rainforest is most likely to be hot and damp. The average temperature is 77 degrees F.
The rainforest is filled head to toe with lush green vegetation. Many trees in the rainforest have canopies on them, providing shade for the animals and plants. The canopies help shield the plants and animals from the scorching sunlight. The rainforests are very humid due to the warm sunlight, rain and the canopies shading over the plants keeps in the moisture.
Where can you find a rainforest?
There is even an extinct rainforest in Castle Rock, Colorado.
A rainforest is a dense, warm and wet jungle which has around 100 inches of rainfall every year. There is no dry season and rain falls nearly every day. 50% of the rainforest water comes from evaporation and the relative humidity is always high. The temperature in the rainforest is most likely to be hot and damp. The average temperature is 77 degrees F.
The rainforest is filled head to toe with lush green vegetation. Many trees in the rainforest have canopies on them, providing shade for the animals and plants. The canopies help shield the plants and animals from the scorching sunlight. The rainforests are very humid due to the warm sunlight, rain and the canopies shading over the plants keeps in the moisture.
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| The rainforest in the early morning |
Where can you find a rainforest?
Rainforests can be found on every continent across the Earth, except Antarctica.
There is even an extinct rainforest in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Can you name 10 different rainforests?
1. The Tongass National Forest located in Southeastern Alaska - largest intact coastal temperate rainforest in the world
2. The Hoh Rainforest inside Olympic National Park, Washington- famous moss covered rainforest
3. Amazonia, also called the Amazon Rainforest - located within nine nations in the Amazon Basin of South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana)
4. Lacandon jungle located in Chiapas, Mexico - Mexico's last remaining significant rainforest
5. Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica-This large reserve is one of the most outstanding wildlife sanctuaries in the Americas and includes eight distinct ecological zones
6. The Congo Rainforest - famous for its gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants as well as its native population of forest dwellers known as pygmies. Rainforests in the Congo are disappearing faster than forests anywhere else in the world
7. Daintree Rainforest located in North Queensland Australia - The area is home to the greatest concentration of plant species that are rare, or threatened with extinction, anywhere in the world
8. Kayan Mentarang National Park in Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia - contains the largest unbroken stretch of protected rainforest in Borneo
9. Sagano Bamboo Forest in Kyoto, Japan-This bamboo forest is one of the most beautiful bamboo forest in Japan. In the 1870s when Edison was looking for a good bamboo as a material for his early light bulb, the governor of Kyoto recommended two sources of bamboo
10. Khao Sok National Park, Thailand - rainforest is 160 million years old and thought to be the oldest rainforest on Earth
2. The Hoh Rainforest inside Olympic National Park, Washington- famous moss covered rainforest
3. Amazonia, also called the Amazon Rainforest - located within nine nations in the Amazon Basin of South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana)
4. Lacandon jungle located in Chiapas, Mexico - Mexico's last remaining significant rainforest
5. Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica-This large reserve is one of the most outstanding wildlife sanctuaries in the Americas and includes eight distinct ecological zones
6. The Congo Rainforest - famous for its gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants as well as its native population of forest dwellers known as pygmies. Rainforests in the Congo are disappearing faster than forests anywhere else in the world
7. Daintree Rainforest located in North Queensland Australia - The area is home to the greatest concentration of plant species that are rare, or threatened with extinction, anywhere in the world
8. Kayan Mentarang National Park in Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia - contains the largest unbroken stretch of protected rainforest in Borneo
9. Sagano Bamboo Forest in Kyoto, Japan-This bamboo forest is one of the most beautiful bamboo forest in Japan. In the 1870s when Edison was looking for a good bamboo as a material for his early light bulb, the governor of Kyoto recommended two sources of bamboo
10. Khao Sok National Park, Thailand - rainforest is 160 million years old and thought to be the oldest rainforest on Earth
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| rainforest waterfall |
Rainforests are disappearing every minute........so help take care of it!
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