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Ecuador: rainforest
Know how plants play a vital role in the cycle of absorption, evaporation, and rain within the tropical rainforest
tropical forests and deforestation
The struggle to protect the Congo basin rainforest
temperate rainforest tropical rainforest
Glimpse the Amazon Rainforest's diverse wildlife, from anacondas and sloths to macaws and capybaras
Malaysia: rainforest Cameroon: rainforest Malaysia: rainforest
For Students
rainforest summary
Quizzes
Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
Ecosystems
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Namib desert, Namibia.
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Giorgione, Italian, 1477/1478-1510, The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1505/1510, oil on panel, overall: 90.8 x 110.5 cm (35 3/4 x 43 1/2 in.), Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1939.1.289, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
8 Must-See Paintings at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies
Prayer beads on Quran or Koran written in Arabic Islam's sacred and liturgical language. text, words, Ramadan
Celebrating Ramadan
Moonrise over Tucson, Arizona
Why Doesn’t Arizona Observe Daylight Saving Time?
Still from the film Deliverance, 1919. The story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. View shows Keller in the cockpit/front seat of an airplane.
How Did Helen Keller Fly a Plane?
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rainforest, luxuriant forest, generally composed of tall, broad-leaved trees and usually found in wet tropical uplands and lowlands around the Equator. A brief treatment of rainforests follows. For full treatment, see tropical forest. Rainforests usually occur in regions where there is a high annual rainfall of generally more than 1,800 mm (70 inches) and a hot and steamy climate. The trees found in these regions are evergreen. Rainforests may also be found in areas of the tropics in which a dry season occurs, such as the “dry rainforests” of northeastern Australia. In these regions annual rainfall is between 800 and ...(100 of 920 words)

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