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  2. Climate of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (410 and 810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches (380 and 760 mm), with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico.

  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. Rainforest - Wikipedia

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    There may be many millions of species of plants, insects and microorganisms still undiscovered in tropical rainforests. 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]

  5. Tropical rainforest climate - Wikipedia

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    Worldwide zones of tropical rainforest climate (Af). A tropical rainforest climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as Bermuda, the coast of southernmost Florida, United States (Florida Keys), and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the ...

  6. Geography of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.

  7. Parts of tropical rainforests could get too hot for ... - AOL

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    There are all sorts of potential feedbacks once you start losing bits of forests, even leaves on individual trees,” Doughty said on a call with reporters. Tropical rainforest in the Mobuku ...

  8. List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF) - Wikipedia

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    Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests: South Florida rocklands: Florida: Oceanian: Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests: Hawaiian tropical dry forests: Hawaii: Oceanian: Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands: Hawaiian tropical high shrublands: Hawaii: Oceanian: Tropical and subtropical grasslands ...

  9. Geology of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas has been the leading state in petroleum production since discovery of the Spindletop oil field in 1901. [11] As of October 2017, the State of Texas (if treated as its own nation) is the 7th largest oil producing nation in the world, with production totaling approximately 3.78 million barrels (600 thousand cubic meters ) per day of oil ...