rainforest geography

Rainforest Geography

By: Nolan Williams And Blake Witthar

Have you ever wanted to go to the rainfoerst? If so you have probably asked yourself the question of where are rainforests in the world? and what kind of landscpe is in a rainforest? if so you have gone to the right place.

Task

Find out which five of theese countries have a rainforest inside their borders.

• Botswana
• Rwanda
• Brazil
• Croatia
• Peru
• Indonisia
• South Sudan
• Australia
• Antartica
• Russia

If you said Rwanda, Brazil, Peru, Sudan, and Australia you are correct. Although Austrailia being the seccond driest contident it does have extensive rainforests.

What is a rainforest?

A Tropical rainforest is an area where there is an aboundent amount of rainfall. A rainforest occurs in roughly 28 degrees latitudes north and south of the equator. For an area to be considered a rainforest it needs to have an annual rainfall of at or over 75 inches of rain a year. Most of rainforests are in central or south america, But over time most of central america's rainforests have been cleared for cattle and sugar plantations. The Amazon rainforest is the worlds largest rainforest with 1/5 of the worlds plant and bird species can be found their. The congo in africa is the world's second largest rainforest. The average tempeture in a rainforest is 80 degrees F. Their are two types of rainforests Temperate and tropical. tropical is what we have been talking about. temperate mostly occours in the pacific northwest of the USA.

TEST

All Multiple choice questions

1)A Tropical rainforest is an area with...

   A)shortage of animals

   B)aboundance of rain

   C)shortage of rain

2)A Tropical Rain forest is roughly how many degrees above or below the equartor?

   A)28

   B)30

   C)29

3)How many inches of rain does a rainforest need to have to be considerd a rainforest?

   A)75

   B)80

   C)68

4)Most rainforests are in...

   A)Africa and Australia

   B)South America and Asia

   C)Central and South America

5)Deforrestazation in Central America is caused by...

   A)Cows

   B)Farms

   C)Buildings

6)The Amazon rainforest is home to what fraction of birds in the world?

   A)1/6

   B)2/5

   C)1/5

7)Which is the largest rainforest in the word

   A)the Congo

   B)the Amazon

   C)the Daintree

8)The average tempeture in a rainforest is?

   A)80 degrees 

   B)75 degrees

   C)78 degrees

9)The two types of rainforests are?

   A)Teperate and Hidical

   B)Tropical and Temperate

   C)Hidical and Tropical

10) Temperate mostly occours in What part of the USA

   A)northeast

   B)southwest

   C)Pacific northwest

Answers:b,a,a,c,b,c,b,a,b,c

Conclusion

Hopefully you learned a few things about rainforest geography. like where rainforests are and about the rainforests.