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16, Mar, 2010
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Rainforests

Rainforests and monsoon forests girdle the Earth in a broad, green belt wherever extremely heavy rainfall combines with the year-round high temperatures of tropical and equatorial land areas.

The oldest rainforest on Earth is the Queensland rainforest in Australia.

1 Amazon Rainforest Deforestation earthfacts.net 423
2 Animals of the Canopy earthfacts.net 281
3 Animals of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 225
4 Animals of the Treetops earthfacts.net 156
5 Animals of the Understory earthfacts.net 252
6 Animals that Glide earthfacts.net 114
7 Ants and Plants earthfacts.net 125
8 Army Ants earthfacts.net 210
9 Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants earthfacts.net 125
10 Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 128
11 Birds of Paradise earthfacts.net 124
12 Birds of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 106
13 Birds That Eat Insects earthfacts.net 123
14 Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock earthfacts.net 96
15 Butterflies earthfacts.net 145
16 Carnivores of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 427
17 Cats earthfacts.net 170
18 Climate of the Rainforests earthfacts.net 171
19 Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor earthfacts.net 171
20 Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas earthfacts.net 112
21 Eagles earthfacts.net 173
22 Epiphytes earthfacts.net 164
23 Ferns and Bromeliads earthfacts.net 96
24 Figs and Fig Wasps earthfacts.net 122
25 Flowers of the Understory earthfacts.net 136
26 Foliage of the Canopy earthfacts.net 97
27 Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor earthfacts.net 113
28 Fruit Bats and Flower Bats earthfacts.net 87
29 Giant Trees earthfacts.net 120
30 Gibbons and Orangutans earthfacts.net 119
31 Herbivores of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 790
32 History of the Earth's Rainforests earthfacts.net 177
33 Hummingbirds and Sunbirds earthfacts.net 141
34 Insect Camouflage earthfacts.net 123
35 Insect Colors earthfacts.net 80
36 Insects That Carry Diseases earthfacts.net 129
37 Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous earthfacts.net 95
38 Layers of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 103
39 Leafcutter Ants earthfacts.net 102
40 Lianas earthfacts.net 134
41 Life in the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 98
42 Monkeys with Prehensile Tails earthfacts.net 137
43 Owls earthfacts.net 105
44 Parrots earthfacts.net 130
45 Plants - Climbers and Stranglers earthfacts.net 108
46 Plants of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 95
47 Pollination earthfacts.net 108
48 Quetzals earthfacts.net 101
49 Rainforest Canopy earthfacts.net 91
50 Rainforest Dynamics earthfacts.net 109
51 Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure earthfacts.net 412
52 Rainforest Floor earthfacts.net 111
53 Rainforest Relationships earthfacts.net 86
54 Rainforest Soil earthfacts.net 267
55 Rainforest Understory earthfacts.net 270
56 Rainforests of Africa earthfacts.net 157
57 Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia earthfacts.net 169
58 Rainforests of the Americas earthfacts.net 100
59 Reptiles and Amphibians earthfacts.net 84
60 River Reptiles earthfacts.net 73
61 Riverbank earthfacts.net 112
62 Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy earthfacts.net 93
63 Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 94
64 Termites earthfacts.net 130
65 Toucans and Hornbills earthfacts.net 171
66 Types of Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 165
67 Water Birds earthfacts.net 94
68 Water Insects earthfacts.net 101
69 What is a Tropical Rainforest? earthfacts.net 148
70 Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? earthfacts.net 152
 
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