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Rainforests  
Introduction  
Tropical rainforests thrive near the equator where the climates are hot with an annual precipitation of between 2000 and 10 000 mm per year.

The slopes of mountains have heavier rainfall and support denser forest vegetation. Rainforests are also known as jungles.
A tropical rainforest in Singapore
(Photograph taken by the Forest Buddies Team)
 
Sources:
David Herring (October 2000). EO Experiments: Rainforest Biome. Retrieved on 27 December 2007, from NASA. Website: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/biorainforest.html