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Rainforest Facts: Under Canopy Layer Canopy Layer

The largest rainforest is the Amazon, covering 40% of Brazil. Rainforests typically receive 10m of rainfall annually and have average daily temperatures of 30 degrees. They are mainly located between 20 degrees north and south of the equator, covering 6% of the Earth's surface but containing over half of the world's species.

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Rainforest Facts: Under Canopy Layer Canopy Layer

The largest rainforest is the Amazon, covering 40% of Brazil. Rainforests typically receive 10m of rainfall annually and have average daily temperatures of 30 degrees. They are mainly located between 20 degrees north and south of the equator, covering 6% of the Earth's surface but containing over half of the world's species.

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RAINFOREST FACTS

The largest Rainforest in the


world is the Amazon, which
covers 40% of Brazil.

Rainforests normally receive


10m of rainfall a year

Average daily temperatures are


30 degrees!

Most Rainforests are 20


degrees north or south of the
Equator.

They cover 6% of the earth

They have more than ½ of the


Distribution of World Rainforests world’s species living in them

Canopy Layer - much of the rain is stopped by the thick foliage. Most trees in the Under canopy Layer - many vines, dense vegetation, not much light. Up to
forest grow to this height. There are plants that grow in the canopy layer. Their roots 17m tall
don't reach the ground. These are called air plants. These plants are up to 27m tall. Who lives here? birds, butterflies, frogs and snakes

Emergent Layer - very sunny because it is the very top. Only the tallest Forest Floor /Shrub Layer- dark, damp, full of many dead leaves, twigs and dead plants.
trees reach this level. Up to 40m high! The forest floor is dark due to the trees above stopping the sunlight from entering the
Who lives here? birds, butterflies and small monkeys live with bats, forest. It is estimated that only 2% of the sunlight actually reaches the floor. (up to 5m)
snakes and bugs.

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