Climate
I tropical rainforests the climate is very hot, wet and humid. This is because most of the tropical rainforests are located along the equator. This means that the tropical rainforests are exposed to more sunlight. Because of the intense amount of sunlight the sea and water around the forest evaporates into the air. The warm air can hold a lot of water vapour making it very humid. Then the warm air meets the cold, condensation takes place and the vapour forms clouds form which produce rain.
A tropical rainforest must receive between 90cm to 130cm of rainfall a year, with some having a yearly rainfall of up to 1000cm.In the Amazon, there are up to 120 days of rain each year. Rain is not the only important climatic feature of a tropical rainforest. It must also have a constant high temperature, with an average temperature of 27oC all year round. The temperatures in tropical rainforests remain the same all day and night.
In a tropical rainforest the main plants are trees that reach up to 164 feet. Even though there is a large amount of rainfall the rain rarely reaches the bottom layers of the rainforest because the tall trees act like shields.
Tropical Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 34 °C or drops below 20 °C. Its average humidity is between 77 and 88%.
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 rain forests. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen.
Rain forests are so hot because they are found near the equator. The closer to the equator you are, the more solar radiation there is. The more solar radiation there is, the hotter it is.
Seasons in tropical rainforests are divided into a dry season and a wet season, each lasting about six months. In the Amazon, the wettest part of the wet season occurs between December and May. Surprisingly, during the driest part of the dry season (June through August) the Amazon rainforest receives an average of only about 6 inches of rain.
I tropical rainforests the climate is very hot, wet and humid. This is because most of the tropical rainforests are located along the equator. This means that the tropical rainforests are exposed to more sunlight. Because of the intense amount of sunlight the sea and water around the forest evaporates into the air. The warm air can hold a lot of water vapour making it very humid. Then the warm air meets the cold, condensation takes place and the vapour forms clouds form which produce rain.
A tropical rainforest must receive between 90cm to 130cm of rainfall a year, with some having a yearly rainfall of up to 1000cm.In the Amazon, there are up to 120 days of rain each year. Rain is not the only important climatic feature of a tropical rainforest. It must also have a constant high temperature, with an average temperature of 27oC all year round. The temperatures in tropical rainforests remain the same all day and night.
In a tropical rainforest the main plants are trees that reach up to 164 feet. Even though there is a large amount of rainfall the rain rarely reaches the bottom layers of the rainforest because the tall trees act like shields.
Tropical Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The temperature in a rain forest rarely gets higher than 34 °C or drops below 20 °C. Its average humidity is between 77 and 88%.
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 rain forests. Tropical rainforests produce 40% of Earth's oxygen.
Rain forests are so hot because they are found near the equator. The closer to the equator you are, the more solar radiation there is. The more solar radiation there is, the hotter it is.
Seasons in tropical rainforests are divided into a dry season and a wet season, each lasting about six months. In the Amazon, the wettest part of the wet season occurs between December and May. Surprisingly, during the driest part of the dry season (June through August) the Amazon rainforest receives an average of only about 6 inches of rain.