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A portion of the temperate rain forest region of North America, the largest area of temperate zone rainforests on the planet, is the Pacific temperate rain forests ecoregion, which occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America, from Kodiak Island in Alaska to northern California, and are part of the Nearctic realm.
[22] [23] [24] Some sources however say even at least 50 inches of precipitation annually qualifies an area as being a rainforest. [25] On the other hand, in the book ‘Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World’ by David Suzuki says a temperate rainforest is defined by least 1,200 mm (47.24 inches) of average annual precipitation. [26]
Temperate coniferous forests: Geography; Area: 70,000 km 2 ... The North American inland temperate rainforest region is one of ... mean annual precipitation ranges ...
The Pacific temperate rainforests lie along the western side of the Pacific Coast Ranges along the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America from the Prince William Sound in Alaska through the British Columbia Coast to Northern California, and are part of the Nearctic realm, as also defined by the World Wildlife Fund. The Pacific temperate rain ...
The mean annual precipitation of the area ranges from 720–1,200 millimetres (28–47 in) and the mean annual temperature generally varies between 4–10 °C. [1] In this area, human activity includes fruit and dairy agriculture, major urban areas, and some forestry and tourism attractions.
The Tongass National Forest (/ ˈ t ɒ ŋ ɡ ə s /) in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at 16.7 million acres (26,100 sq mi; 6,800,000 ha; 68,000 km 2). Most of its area is temperate rain forest and is remote enough to be home to many species of
The Valdivian and Magellanic temperate rainforests are the only temperate rain forests in South America and one of a small number of temperate rain forests in the world. Together they are the second largest in the world, after the Pacific temperate rain forests of North America (which stretches from Alaska to northern California).
Much of the temperate forest in Westland consists of Nothofagus. [7] Gaps between beech stands are occasionally filled with heath and subalpine bush plants. [8] The largest sections of podocarp forest in Westland New Zealand are found around 43° latitude, where they grow from the western coastal region along the Tasman Sea up to the Southern Alps.