tropical jungle
Steamy dense forest
A tropical jungle is dense, tangled vegetation in a hot, humid climate—the nearly impenetrable undergrowth of a rainforest rather than its towering canopy.
The phrase often appears in adventure narratives and popular imagination: hacking through the tropical jungle, lost in the tropical jungle.
In casual use, tropical jungle and tropical rainforest blur together, though technically jungle refers to the thick ground-level growth where sunlight penetrates.
- rainforestWet tropical woodland ecosystem
- canopyOverhead protective covering
- vinesClimbing, trailing plants
- humidContaining much moisture
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
rain forest floor · parrots · monkeys · undergrowth · lush · exotic · steamy · dense · ferns · wild orchid · orchids · jaguar · river · river crossing · swamp · mosquitoes · howler · tree frog
- YucatanYucatan, Chichen Itza, Cancun, Merida, cenotes
- ecosystemsrainforest, forest, desert, ocean, lake
tropical jungledesert
To leave behind completely
Sahara Desert · tundra · sand dunes · bare rock · salt flat
tropical junglepolar ice cap
Frozen mass at poles
frozen wasteland · Antarctic · Arctic · ice field · boreal forest
tropical junglecity
Large populated area
urban landscape · metropolis · concrete jungle · downtown · industrial zone
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