What+are+rainforests?

Tropical rainforests are forests with tall trees, warm climate, and lots of rain. In some rainforests it rains more than one inch every day!
 * WHAT ARE RAINFORESTS? **

Rainforests are found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Central and South America. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon rainforest.

**WHERE ARE RAINFORESTS LOCATED? ** 

Rainforests are found in the tropics, the region between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer. In this region the sun is very strong and shines about the same amount of time every day all year long making the climate warm and stable. **WHAT MAKES A RAINFOREST? ** 
 * 1) Brazil
 * 2) Congo (Democratic Republic)
 * 3) Peru
 * 4) Indonesia
 * 5) Colombia
 * 6) Papua New Guinea
 * 7) Venezeula
 * 8) Bolivia
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Each rainforest is unique but there are certain features common to all tropical rainforests.
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 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt;">Canopy: rainforests have a canopy which is the layer of branches and leaves formed by closely spaced rainforest trees. Most of the plants and animals in the rainforest live in the canopy. The canopy may be 100 feet above the ground.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt; tabstops: list 36.0pt;">Biodiversity: rainforests have a high level of biological diversity or biodiversity. Biodiversity is the name for all living things—like plants, animals, and fungi— found in an ecosystem. Scientists believe that about half of the plants and animals found on earth’s land surface live in rainforests.
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