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10, 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 418
2 Animals of the Canopy earthfacts.net 272
3 Animals of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 215
4 Animals of the Treetops earthfacts.net 150
5 Animals of the Understory earthfacts.net 233
6 Animals that Glide earthfacts.net 112
7 Ants and Plants earthfacts.net 122
8 Army Ants earthfacts.net 201
9 Bees, Wasps, Termites and Ants earthfacts.net 120
10 Bird Sounds of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 123
11 Birds of Paradise earthfacts.net 118
12 Birds of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 100
13 Birds That Eat Insects earthfacts.net 119
14 Bowerbirds, Manakins and Cocks-of-the-Rock earthfacts.net 90
15 Butterflies earthfacts.net 141
16 Carnivores of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 412
17 Cats earthfacts.net 161
18 Climate of the Rainforests earthfacts.net 168
19 Cryptozoa – Invertebrates of the Rainforest Floor earthfacts.net 166
20 Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas earthfacts.net 111
21 Eagles earthfacts.net 165
22 Epiphytes earthfacts.net 157
23 Ferns and Bromeliads earthfacts.net 96
24 Figs and Fig Wasps earthfacts.net 121
25 Flowers of the Understory earthfacts.net 130
26 Foliage of the Canopy earthfacts.net 97
27 Foraging Animals of the Rainforest Floor earthfacts.net 110
28 Fruit Bats and Flower Bats earthfacts.net 87
29 Giant Trees earthfacts.net 112
30 Gibbons and Orangutans earthfacts.net 114
31 Herbivores of the Rainforest earthfacts.net 736
32 History of the Earth's Rainforests earthfacts.net 170
33 Hummingbirds and Sunbirds earthfacts.net 132
34 Insect Camouflage earthfacts.net 117
35 Insect Colors earthfacts.net 78
36 Insects That Carry Diseases earthfacts.net 124
37 Junglefowl, Pheasants and Tinamous earthfacts.net 94
38 Layers of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 101
39 Leafcutter Ants earthfacts.net 101
40 Lianas earthfacts.net 131
41 Life in the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 97
42 Monkeys with Prehensile Tails earthfacts.net 135
43 Owls earthfacts.net 104
44 Parrots earthfacts.net 128
45 Plants - Climbers and Stranglers earthfacts.net 105
46 Plants of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 95
47 Pollination earthfacts.net 107
48 Quetzals earthfacts.net 100
49 Rainforest Canopy earthfacts.net 88
50 Rainforest Dynamics earthfacts.net 107
51 Rainforest Facts: Race for a Cure earthfacts.net 412
52 Rainforest Floor earthfacts.net 107
53 Rainforest Relationships earthfacts.net 86
54 Rainforest Soil earthfacts.net 259
55 Rainforest Understory earthfacts.net 256
56 Rainforests of Africa earthfacts.net 151
57 Rainforests of Southeast Asia and Australasia earthfacts.net 164
58 Rainforests of the Americas earthfacts.net 96
59 Reptiles and Amphibians earthfacts.net 81
60 River Reptiles earthfacts.net 71
61 Riverbank earthfacts.net 111
62 Seeds and Fruits of the Canopy earthfacts.net 93
63 Tall Trees of the Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 92
64 Termites earthfacts.net 127
65 Toucans and Hornbills earthfacts.net 161
66 Types of Tropical Rainforest earthfacts.net 160
67 Water Birds earthfacts.net 94
68 Water Insects earthfacts.net 99
69 What is a Tropical Rainforest? earthfacts.net 147
70 Where are the Earth’s Rainforests? earthfacts.net 150
 
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