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Description: Articles and photos about the animals and plants of the rainforest.
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Tropical rainforests are areas of dense vegetation and trees. When you think of the "jungle" you are really thinking of the tropical rainforest.
Because tropical rainforests are located close to the Earth's equator they are warm and humid places. The rainforest plants and trees also contribute to the amount of humidity because the plants give off a lot of water through transpiration. During transpiration plants lose water through their leaves, stems, and flowers.
The warmth and very high humidity leads to very heavy rainfall - usually over 100 inches per year, with some rainforest locations getting over 300 inches per year!
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