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The Daintree Rainforest straddles Cape Tribulation. They preserve unique, rare or superlative natural phenomena, formations or features of exceptional natural beauty – exceptional coastal scenery unusual in the world (and Australia) where tropical rainforest extends to white sandy beaches with fringing coral reefs just offshore;
One entrance to Daintree National Park is located south of the Daintree River at Mossman Gorge where a visitor centre has been built from where tourists take a shuttle bus to the gorge, where they can take a walk or a refreshing swim. The most spectacular and oldest part of the Daintree Rainforest is north of the Daintree River. After crossing ...
The climate of the ecoregion is a borderline tropical rainforest climate (Af) [5] and Dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification).The latter climate is characterized as having no month averaging below 0 °C (32 °F), at least one month averaging above 22 °C (72 °F), and four months averaging over 10 °C (50 °F).
The largest extent of rainforest in Australia is in the Queensland tropical rain forests ecoregion (Wet Tropics bioregion). The estimated pre-1750 extent is 50,743 km 2. Prior to 1750, the largest area of rainforest and vine thicket was in the South Eastern Queensland bioregion, which is part of the Eastern Australian temperate forests ...
The reserve contains remnant lowland rainforest (mesophyll vine forest) dominated by the fan palm (Licuala ramsayi).As well as many other plants of conservation significance it, and adjoining uncleared areas, also protect the habitat of threatened rainforest animals such as the southern cassowary, striped possum and Bennett's tree-kangaroo.
At around 1200 square kilometres the Wet Tropics Rainforest is a part of Australia's largest contiguous area of rainforest. Contains 30% of frog , marsupial and reptile species in Australia, and 65% of Australia's bat and butterfly species. 20% of bird species in the country can be found in this area including the threatened cassowary .
Daintree River, flows into the Pacific Ocean south of Cape Tribulation; Daintree Rainforest, nominated for World Heritage listing in 1988; Daintree National Park, containing part of the Daintree Rainforest; Daintree Reef, off the coast from the Daintree Rainforest; Richard Daintree (1832–1878), pioneering geologist in North Queensland
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