Sabtu, 06 Agustus 2011

RAIN FORESTS

A rain forest is a tropical forest with tall trees that are very close together,growing in an area where it rains a lot. One kind of rain forest is called a temperate rain forest.

           A temperate rain forest grows near the Northwest coast of the United States. Just a few kinds of evergreen trees grow there. Another kind of forest is a tropical rain forest. In fact,most of the world’s rain forests are tropical rain forests.

          Tropical rain forests grow in warm places near Earth’s equator. The equator is an imaginary line that goes around the middle of the planet. There are tropical rain forests in Central and South America,Africa,and Asia. The world’s largest rain forest is the Amazon rain forest in South America. It is always hot and wet in a tropical rain forest.

           Rain forests are divided into different layers. The ground in a rain forest is called the forest floor. Some plants living there get their food from dead plants. Other plants on the ground eat insects.

          The plant layer just above the forest floor is called the understorey. Not much sunlight gets down to this layer. Young trees and plants that like low levels of light grow in the shandy understorey.

          The next layer is the canopy. Medium-size trees grow in the canopy. Monkeys swing from branch to branch in the forests of Central and South America.

The top layer of the rain forest is called emergent layer. The tops of tall trees make up the emergent layer. They capture most of the sun and rainwater falling on the forest. The emergent layer is thick and green.


Rain Forest Image


Rain Forest Image


  
Rain Forest Image


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