What is a rainforest? Well, the World Book Encyclopedia says that a rainforest is a woodland of tall trees growing in a region of year-round warmth and abundant rainfall. Almost all rainforests lie at or near the equator. Rainforests can be found on all continents except Antarctica and Europe. Tropical rainforests cover 6 - 7 percent of the earth's surface. They support more than half of the world's plant and animal species, yet scientists believe millions more rainforest species remain undiscovered. The creatures of these special forests are unique and irreplaceable. Rainforests provide us with timber, food, medicine, and industrial products such as dyes, gums, oils, fibers, and resins. Rainforests help regulate the earth's temperature and provide us with immense amounts of oxygen. If the rainforests are helping us so much than why have we been destroying them? We destroy our rain forests for countless reasons, agriculture, forest fire, etcetera. When we destroy a rainforest what once was a home for millions of species of plants and animals becomes a desert.
Rainforests mostly lie at or near the equator, where temperatures are warm all year round.
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How Can You Save The Rainforests?
What makes up a Tropical Rainforest?