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Types of forest ! WOW!

Forests cover 30 percent of all land on Earth.
The types of forest vary depending on how Left to nature,
far they are from the equator, an imaginary almost all land on

line running around the center of the Earth. Earth would
Here, temperatures are hottest. The types of become forest.

plants that grow in a forest also depend on
the amount of rain that the forest gets.

Dense canopy

FACT FILE
» Location: South America,
Southeast Asia, and
West Africa

Rain forest
» Average temperature:
Between 68 and 77°F
(20 and 25°C)
» Average rainfall:
80 in+ (200 cm+)

Rain forest

Found close to the equator, rain forests only have
two seasons, a wet and a dry one. Rain forest
animals range from tiny frogs to huge crocodiles.
One tree in the rain forest can be home to 1,000
other plants, such as vines and orchids.

Nile crocodile

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