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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 ]
List of thickest tree limbs by species Species Diameter Tree name Location Notes and References Meters Feet Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 3.8 12.6 The Big Limb Tree Atwell Mill Grove, Sequoia National Park, California [129] Za (Adansonia za) 2.7 9 The Ampanihy Baobab north of Morombe, Madagascar [66] Thickest limb on a dicot
Richetia faguetiana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae.Along with other species in the genus Richetia, it is also known as the yellow meranti. It is native to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, and Thailand. [1] "
Gyranthera caribensis is a rainforest tree in the Amazon forest of southern Venezuela.Traditionally placed in the Baobab Family (Bombacaceae), which is now a subfamily of the Mallow Family ().
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]
Jungle in Cambodia. Jungle on Tioman Island, Malaysia El Yunque National Forest is the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest Service. A jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past century.
The world's tallest planted tree. Southern Africa (non native), but endemic to eastern Australia) [41] [42] Grand fir (Abies grandis) 81.4 267 Conifer Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington, United States. Western North America [43] [24] Shorea gibbosa: 81.11 266.1 Flowering plant River Flats of Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah on Borneo Southeast ...
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]