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Daintree Rainforest, Australia. Australia calls to mind the Great Barrier Reef with its turquoise water and colorful marine life and the dusty red landscape of the outback.
In northern Idaho rainforest patches along the Clearwater River, a mean annual temperature of 5.4°C has been measured. [8] In British Columbian Inland rainforest areas, the mean annual temperature ranges from 2.7 to 4.5°C. In the coldest months, the mean temperature of these region lies between -8 and -9.5°C. [9]
[16] [19] [20] Encouraged by these factors and the Appalachian National Park Association (founded in 1899), Congress passed the Weeks Act in 1911 to enable the purchase of Federal lands in the Eastern United States. [16] [19] [20] Beginning with the creation of the Pisgah National Forest in 1916, much of the rainforest area is now conserved. [51]
Since human settlement in the 15th century, these rainforests, which once covered most of the high altitudes of the archipelago, have gradually been reduced to relics and are now found almost exclusively on three of the nine islands (Flores, Pico and Terceira). Their main threat is the expansion of cattle grazing pastures. [16]
After visiting all of Utah's "Mighty 5" national parks, I ranked them based on things like overall beauty, accessibility, and photo opportunities.
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The Tropical Wet Forests ecoregion in North America includes the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula in the United States; within Mexico, the Gulf Coastal Plain, the western and southern part of the Pacific Coastal Plain, most of the Yucatán Peninsula and the lowlands of the Chiapas Sierra Madre, which continue south to Central and South ...
As stated in the foundation document: [12] The purpose of Olympic National Park is to preserve for the benefit, use, and enjoyment of the people, a large wilderness park containing the finest sample of primeval forest of Sitka spruce, western hemlock, Douglas fir, and western red cedar in the entire United States; to provide suitable winter range and permanent protection for the herds of ...