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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 July 2022. Color Jungle green Color coordinates Hex triplet #29AB87 sRGB B (r, g, b) (41, 171, 135) HSV (h, s, v) (163°, 76%, 67%) CIELCh uv (L, C, h) (63, 52, 159°) Source Crayola ISCC–NBS descriptor Brilliant green B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Jungle green is a color that is a rich tone of ...
Displayed at right is the color tropical rainforest, a bluish-shade of forest green. The color tropical rainforest was formulated by Crayola in 1993. In culture
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]
The largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon Rainforest covers much of northwestern Brazil and stretches into other South American countries. The 2,300,000-square-mile wonderland of biodiversity is ...
Tropical rainforests have been called the "jewels of the Earth" and the "world's largest pharmacy", because over one quarter of natural medicines have been discovered there. [2] Rainforests as well as endemic rainforest species are rapidly disappearing due to deforestation, the resulting habitat loss and pollution of the atmosphere. [3]
About half of the world's tropical rainforests are in the South American countries of Brazil and Peru. Rainforests now cover less than 6% of Earth's land surface. Scientists estimate that more than half of all the world's plant and animal species live in tropical rainforests.
Tropical climates have an average temperature of 18 °C (64.4 °F) or higher every month of the year, with significant precipitation. [9] [11] Af = Tropical rainforest climate; average precipitation of at least 60 mm (2.4 in) in every month.
Borneo rainforest. Some tropical forest types are difficult to categorize. While forests in temperate areas are readily categorized on the basis of tree canopy density, such schemes do not work well in tropical forests. [1] There is no single scheme that defines what a forest is, in tropical regions or elsewhere.