Rainforests are the forests who get the high rainfall
throughout the year between 1750-2000 mm. The monsoon trough plays an
important role in creating these rain forests. Rainforests have a large
amount of unique plants, animals, insects and microorganisms and some
are still undiscovered. These rainforests are the jewels of the Earth,
because natural medicines are there and 28% of oxygen turnover is
because of them. Normally rainforests have two types that are tropical
and temperate rainforest. There are a large number of rainforests in the
world, and they affect our global climate very much due to the fact that
they absorb a vast quantity of carbon dioxide, they are a source of
timber and animal products for us, they are also tourist attractions. So
people here we have this list about the top 10 rainforests of the world
and if you ever get a chance to visit them, you really should do that!
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10. Emas National Park and Chapada Dos Veadeiros,
Brazil
These are located in the Center-West Region of Brazil and have a cerrado
ecosystem and have a large amount of unique wildlife in it. Animals like
the giant anteater, giant armadillo, maned wolf, and jaguar and pampas
deer are present there. These are known for their rich vegetation and
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9. Sinharaja Forest, Srilanka
This is located in the south-west Sri Lanka. It has more than 60% of
endemic and rare trees. They have the most unique species of birds and
animals. This is known as the virgin forest with natural streams,
springs, rivers, waterfalls, animals like leopard, monkeys, insects like
butterflies and moths and has the plants like medicinal herbs and rare
trees and shrubs. |
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8. Montecristo cloud Forest, El Salvador
This is a very thick and protective forest and has many rare species of
animals and plants like ferns, oaks, laurels, orchids, owls, spider
monkeys, anteaters, pumas and toucans. |
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7. The Monteverade Forest, Costa Rica
This one has a canopy-level cloud cover and a continuous supply of
moisture which raises the plant production here. This forest is abundant
with vegetation and unique animals including reptiles, mammals and birds
like three-wattled bellbird, bare-necked umbrellabird, keel-billed
toucan, long tailed manakin and howler monkeys. |
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6. The Mount Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia
This park is the botanical paradise of flora and fauna and has variety
or species of plants like 4,500 and 289 species of birds and 290 types
of butterflies including the Kinabalu Giant red Leech and Giant
Earthworms.
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5. Sapo National Park, Liberia
This is also a virgin rainforest and a humid one, they have the unique
species of vegetation like choleras and flesh-eating micro-organisms.
But this one is really a human threat forest like while visiting this
place, inform the authorities before going there.
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4. Alaska’s rainforests
These are the temperate type rainforests and have the unique species of
plants and animals here like the tall stands of spruce, hemlock and
cedar trees and mosses, wild flowers and berries of different types are
found here. This one is really perfect for the nature lovers.
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3. The Amazon Rainforests
This one is called the home to the largest rainforest of the earth. This
covers the 40% of the South American continent that includes countries
like Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and
Suriname. This is made of different types of ecosystems and vegetation
types like rainforests, seasonal forests, deciduous forests, flooded
forests and savannas.
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2. Ecuador’s Cloud forests
This is lush and cooler than the lowland rainforests and these have less
mammal species but have the El Monte reserve of Central American Agouti,
Ocelot, Margay, Red Brocket Deer, Paca, Tayra, Andean Coati, Three-Toed
Sloth and White Fronted Capuchin Monkeys. |
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1. Daintree, Australia
They have the coolest reef system and is a tropical rainforest. It is
said that they contain 30% of the frogs, marsupial and reptile species
plus 65% of bat and butterfly species and 18% bird species are found
here. Over 12000 species of insects are also found in this rainforest.
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