equatorial rainforest
Hot, wet woodland
An equatorial rainforest is a dense tropical forest found near the equator, characterized by high rainfall, humidity, and temperatures year-round.
These forests support extraordinary biodiversity—more species per acre than any other ecosystem.
The Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asian rainforests are the major examples.
The equatorial rainforest canopy blocks most sunlight from reaching the forest floor.
- tree canopyUpper forest layer
- canopy treesHighest forest vegetation layer
- Congo BasinMajor African river watershed
- Amazon RiverBrazil's massive waterway
- jaguarLarge American spotted cat
howler monkey · slash and burn · indigenous communities · epiphytes · orangutan · carbon sink · bromeliads · tropical monsoon · high humidity · strangler fig · buttress roots · poison dart frog · water filtration · ecotourism · leafcutter ants · microclimates · Borneo · Sumatra
equatorial rainforestdesert
To leave behind completely
Sahara Desert · hot desert · Arabian Desert · scrubland · chaparral
equatorial rainforestpolar ice cap
Frozen mass at poles
tundra · Arctic · frozen wasteland · alpine zone · polar desert
equatorial rainforestpolar desert
Frigid region lacking precipitation
salt flat · bare rock · sand dunes · ice sheet · polar ice cap
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