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  2. Tropical vegetation - Wikipedia

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    Some tropical areas may receive abundant rain the whole year round, but others have long dry seasons which last several months and may vary in length and intensity with geographic location. These seasonal droughts have a great impact on the vegetation, such as in the Madagascar spiny forests. [1] Rainforest vegetation is categorized by five ...

  3. Tropical rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Amazon River rain forest in Peru. Tropical rainforests are hot and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed 18 °C (64 °F) during all months of the year. [4] Average annual rainfall is no less than 1,680 mm (66 in) and can exceed 10 m (390 in) although it typically lies between 1,750 mm (69 in) and 3,000 mm (120 in). [5]

  4. Hawaiian tropical rainforests - Wikipedia

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    The Hawaiian tropical rainforests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands. They cover an area of 6,700 km 2 (2,600 sq mi) in the windward lowlands and montane regions of the islands. [1] Coastal mesic forests are found at elevations from sea level to 300 m (980 ft). [2]

  5. Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    Despite the growth of vegetation in a tropical rainforest, soil quality is often quite poor. Rapid bacterial decay prevents the accumulation of humus. The concentration of iron and aluminium oxides by the laterization process gives the oxisols a bright red colour and sometimes produces mineral deposits such as bauxite. Most trees have roots ...

  6. Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia

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    The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]

  7. El Yunque National Forest - Wikipedia

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    El Yunque is composed of four different forest vegetation areas: Tabonuco Forest, Palo Colorado Forest, Sierra Palm Forest, and the Dwarf forest. El Yunque forest supports a vast array of animal and plant life that varies depending on the altitude range in the rainforest. Skyline of the Sierra palm tree forest in El Yunque National Forest from ...

  8. Queensland tropical rain forests - Wikipedia

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    View from the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway, 2004. The forests, together with the Great Barrier Reef, have been identified and promoted as a major tourist attraction of Tropical North Queensland, one of five within the state. [13] One of the most significant tourist attractions in the rain forests is the Skyrail Rainforest Cableway. [citation needed]

  9. Monodominance - Wikipedia

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    In tropical lowland forest environments, a minimum of 22 species from eight different families are known to create monodominant forests. [1] Examples of persistent monodominance are seen in Africa, Central and South America, and Asia. [5] Dipterocarpaceae is one example of a plant family that is recognized as persistently dominant in Asia. [5]