There are two types of rainforests of the world, tropical and temperate. The two are the same in some ways, but the diversity of plants and animals in the tropical rainforest is greater.
The both of them are very wet. In the tropical rainforest it rains about 400 inches a year. In the temperate rainforest it rains about 100 inches a year. Both tropical and temperate rainforests are very moist because the trees trap the moisture in and makes fog. The tropical rainforest is warm and the temperate is cool.
Montane forests are a type of temperate rainforest. They are located on mountains and contain oaks, pines and rhododendrons.
There are hundreds of broadleaf trees that age to 50-100 years old in the tropical rainforest. In the temperate rainforest there are also evergreen trees that can be 500-1000 years old.

Three characteristics of the tropical rainforests are:
1. They are between the Tropic of Cancer ant the Tropic of Capricorn.
2. They receive between 80-400 inches of rain per year.
3. The temperatures range between 70-85 degrees daily.

Three Characteristics of the temperate rainforest are:
1. Located anywhere
2. They receive between 50-140 inches of rain per year.
3. The temperatures range between 50-80 degrees daily.
Sometime the forests between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn are not rainforests. Those forests aren’t as moist and might drop their leaves in dry weather.