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=__Welcome To Tropical Rainforest Facts__=


 * Here are some fun facts that we have descovered while doing our reasearch:**

1. The Tropical rainforest is found on almost every contenent in the world!!

2. We are slowly loosing the different Tropical Rainforests throughout the world.

3. The tropical rainforest contains half of the worlds plants and animals.

4. The canopy in the tropical rainforest can be anywhere from 60 to 150 feet high up.

5. Under the canopy is always hot and humid.

6. In the tropical rain forest the weather stays the same year round, it is very hot.

7. The rainforests now covers only 6% of the earth surface.

8. The Tropical rainforest biome is part of the tropical wet climate group.

9. There are still a large number of animal species living in the tropical rainforest that are yet to be found and identified.

10. Over the years they have estimated that at least 42 million acres of tropical rain forest is lost each year.

11. The average rainfall for one year is between 150cm and 250 cm.

12. The tropical rainforest contains a very wide variety of living organisms from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals.

13. Our largest supply of oxygen comes from the tropical rainforest trees.

14. Many exotic animals live in the dense tropical rain forests.

15. Normal ordinary animals such as the elephant also live in the tropical rainforest.

16. Due to the high humidity and warm air, the forest floor is covered in many lush green plants.

17. There are over a million insect species alone inhabiting the rainforests.

18. Our worlds largest rainforest can be found in Brazil, the Amozon.

19. Many people believe that Africa has no rainforests and is only desert, they are wrong. Actually there are a few rainforests in Africa.

20. The only type of living organisms that cannot and will not be found in any rainforest (that does not contain a river or pond) is the fish.



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