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- • Has 68 to 78 inches of rainfall a year.
- • %40 to %75 of the worlds species reside here.
- • At ground level, much of the sunlight is restricted.
- • Defined as a jungle.
- • Located in southeast asia, and south america.
- • Rainforests have four layers.
- • Emergent layer is filled with large trees.
- • Eagles and butterflys reside in the emergent layer.
- • Canopy layer contains majority of trees.
- • The Canopy layer has the largest biodiversity.
- • Animals live on the trunks and branches.
- • The understory layer is just above the forest floor.
- • Snakes and jaguars reside in the understory layer.
- • The floor layer is the very bottom of the forest.
- • Recieves only 2% of the sunlight.
- • Floor recieves very little vegetation.
- • Soil qualities in rainforests are poor.
- • Rainforests are subject to deforestation by humans.
- • They contain on estimate millions of types of species.
- • When the leaf canopy is destroyed, growth is shown on the lower levels.
- • The abundance of predators causes many animals to adopt camouflage.
- • The rainforest houses an abundance of insects.
- • Surviving in the rainforest requires you to be able to climb trees
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