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What is a rainforest and where are they situated.What is a rainforest and where are they situated.

Weather and Climate.Weather and Climate.

Living Things.Living Things.

Food Web.Food Web.

Interesting Stuff.Interesting Stuff.

What is a rainforest and where What is a rainforest and where are they situated?are they situated?

Tropical rainforests are located in a band around Tropical rainforests are located in a band around the equator. the equator.

They are found in South America, West Africa, They are found in South America, West Africa, Australia, Southern India, and Southeast Asia. Australia, Southern India, and Southeast Asia.

Rainforests very dense, warm, wet forests. Rainforests very dense, warm, wet forests.

Weather and climateWeather and climate

• The average daytime temperature is 35 C and it changes very little throughout The average daytime temperature is 35 C and it changes very little throughout the year. the year.

•Night time temperatures are around 2 to 3 C cooler than daytime.Night time temperatures are around 2 to 3 C cooler than daytime.

• The average rainfall is around 1000mm The average rainfall is around 1000mm a daya day (yearly, nearly equal to height of a (yearly, nearly equal to height of a four story building.) four story building.)

•There are few changes in There are few changes in temperature because throughout temperature because throughout year, the sun's rays barely year, the sun's rays barely change the direction on the change the direction on the earth's surface.earth's surface.

• At noon each day, the sun is At noon each day, the sun is almost directly overhead.almost directly overhead.

Living thingsLiving thingsSouth AmericaSouth America

• insects insects

• Mammals Mammals

• BirdsBirds

• Reptiles Reptiles

• FishFish

AustraliaAustralia

• MammalsMammals

• BirdsBirds

• ReptilesReptiles

• InsectsInsects

• AmphibiansAmphibians

Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia

• MammalsMammals

• BirdsBirds

• InsectsInsects

West AfricaWest Africa

• MammalsMammals

• BirdsBirds

Food webFood web

• 80% of the flowers in the 80% of the flowers in the Australian rainforests are not Australian rainforests are not found anywhere else in the found anywhere else in the world. world.

• Bats are essential for the Bats are essential for the pollination of many tropical pollination of many tropical foodstuffs such as bananas foodstuffs such as bananas and mangoes.and mangoes.

• 1 out of 4 ingredients in our 1 out of 4 ingredients in our medicine is from rainforest medicine is from rainforest plants.plants.

Interesting stuffInteresting stuff• An area of a rainforest the An area of a rainforest the

size of a football field is size of a football field is destroyed each second. destroyed each second.

• Giant bamboo plants can Giant bamboo plants can grow up to 9 inches a day. grow up to 9 inches a day.

• The trees of a tropical The trees of a tropical rainforest are so densely rainforest are so densely packed that rain falling on packed that rain falling on the canopy take 10 minutes the canopy take 10 minutes to reach the ground.to reach the ground.

• In the moist rainforests of In the moist rainforests of South America, sloths South America, sloths move so slowly that algae move so slowly that algae are able to grow in their fur.are able to grow in their fur.