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Temperate rainforest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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o Climate; o Soil/Land formation; o Plants; - Deciduous Forest; - Temperate Evergreen Forest; - Mixed Forest; - Temperate Rainforest; o Animals;
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Temperate rain forests are found on the western edge of North and South America, where moist air from the Pacific Ocean drops between 60 and 200 inches of rain a year. ... Compared to the tropical rain forest, the temperate rain forest has a less complex ecology. For example, the topmost layer of the temperate...
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A Food Chain in the Temperate Rain Forest Biom ... This biome has seasonal variations. Although temperatures remain mild, animals and plants respond to the seasons in their growth and reproductive patterns. Spring brings new life as animals are born and eggs hatch.
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he wildlife of the temperate rainforest ranges from beavers and raccoons to cougars and black bears ... If the elk were not there, the rainforest would become a thicket. The elk were once hunted and became endangered. Now the herd is now steady and the forest is well balanced again...
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Today, large tracts of temperate rainforest are found only in British Columbia, Alaska and Chile with smaller areas remaining in Australia and New Zealand. In North America, these forests originally spread from California to Alaska, but 95 per cent have been cut in California, Oregon and Washington...
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