1. Tropical Rainforests
By: Erica D.

2. Where in the World are the Tropical Rainforests?
57% of Tropical Rainforests are located in Latin America
1/3 are in Brazil
Other Tropical Rainforests are located in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands (25%)
West Africa has 18% of the World’s Tropical Rainforests

3. Landforms
Some landforms in the Tropical Rainforest are the Amazon river. Many other rivers are also located in the rainforest area
Another landform is the Andes
Mountains

4. Animals
One of the animals that live in the tropical rain forests are Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees eat nuts, leaves, and berries
Orangutans also live in the tropical rainforest
They also feed on leaves and berries
Both are in the Primate family
One type of snake that lives in the rain forest is the Vine Snake
They feed on young birds and lizards

5. Plants and Vegetation Bamboo is found in the Tropical Rainforests
It is the world’s largest grass
Sugar Cane is also found in the Tropical Rainforests
The stems of the grass plant are around ten feet tall and full of sugar!
Rubber trees originally grew in tropical rainforests but are now on plantations in southeast Asia.

6. Climate
In the tropical rainforests it is mainly wet and warm, hot and humid
It rains about 400 inches a year!

7. Questions
Are all tropical forests rainforests? Only some tropical forests are rain forests, they have to lie between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn, receive rainfall regularly throughout the year ( inches a year), and remain warm without frost all year long!
How much does it rain in the rainforest?
It usually rains 95% of the time!
How quickly are they destroying the rainforests? Every five seconds a portion of the tropical rainforest the size of a football field is destroyed!
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8. Role of H20
Water is important because without precipitation the rainforest would just be the forest
Everything green in the rainforest needs water to live
It needs water so much that it rains about 2 inches and hour!

9. Bibliography http://mbgnet.mobot.org
Pictures were found on googleimages.com