Thursday, May 24, 2012

Puerto Rico biome:
  • Tropical Rain Forest Biome -

The tropical rain forest is a forest filled with tall trees and a warm temperature all year-round. An average of 50 to 260 inches of rain falls yearly. Rain forests belong to the tropical wet climate group. The temperature in a rain forest gets higher than 93 °F or drops below 68 °F ; average humidity is between 77 and 88%. There is usually a small season when it rains less then normal. Almost every rain forest is near the equator. Rainforest's now cover less then 6% of the Earth's land. Tropical rain forests gives off 40% of the earths oxygen. The tropical rain forest has more plants then any other area in the world. 70% of the plants in the rain forest contain of trees.

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