What is the average temperature in a temperate rainforest?

What is the average temperature in a temperate rainforest?

The average annual temperature for temperate rainforests is about 0°C (32°F) because temperate rainforests are usually located close to the ocean, but for the warmer parts of the temperate rainforests the average annual temperature is around 20°C (68°F).

How much rainfall does a rainforest need?

The climate in tropical rain forests is constantly warm and moist. The average rainfall in most rain forests is very heavy, about 200–450 centimeters (80–180 inches) per year. Some areas, however, get as much as 1000 centimeters (400 inches) of rain per year!

Why does it rain more in the rainforest?

Since tropical rainforests have so many plants, there's a ton of transpiration. When you get that much water vapor hovering over rainforests, it's bound to rain a lot. ... In sum, tropical rainforests only exist in areas of high rainfall, but they also cause more precipitation through transpiration.

Why is the Amazon so wet?

Why are tropica rainforest so hot and wet? Because it is on the equator the suns rays will always be directly shining on them. Rainforests are wet because the air pressure at the equator is low. Air is sucked in from the oceans which contains moisture.

Why do deserts have low rainfall?

As the air rises, it cools and drops its moisture as heavy tropical rains. The resulting cooler, drier air mass moves away from the Equator. As it approaches the tropics, the air descends and warms up again. The descending air hinders the formation of clouds, so very little rain falls on the land below.

What is the driest region on Earth?

Atacama Desert

Do deserts get rain?

Desert biomes are the driest of all the biomes. In fact, the most important characteristic of a desert is that it receives very little rainfall. Most deserts receive less than 300 mm a year compared to rainforests, which receive over 2,000 mm.

What is the deadliest desert?

Atacama Desert

What is the largest hot desert in the world?

The Sahara

What are the 5 biggest deserts on Earth?

Some interesting facts about these deserts are mentioned below:

1. Antarctic - 5.

   Was the Sahara once an ocean?

   New research describes the ancient Trans-Saharan Seaway of Africa that existed 50 to 100 million years ago in the region of the current Sahara Desert. ... The region now holding the Sahara Desert was once underwater, in striking contrast to the present-day arid environment.

   Which is the second largest hot desert in the world?

   List of deserts by area

   Rank	Name	Area (sq mi)
   1	Antarctica	5,405,000
   2	Sahara	3,300,000+
   3	Russian Arctic	2,100,000
   4	Australian Desert	1,000,000

   Which is hottest continent on Earth?

   Africa

   Which country has the highest number of deserts?

   China

   What are the 3 largest islands in the world?

   Islands 100,000 km2 (38,600 sq mi) and greater

   Rank	Island	Area (sq mi)
   1	Greenland (main island)	822,700
   2	New Guinea	303,381
   3	Borneo	288,869
   4	Madagascar (main island)	226,658

   Can you swim under an island?

   No, the land doesn't go all the way down under an island. Rock and sand floats. ... You can swim right underneath islands.

   Is Borneo bigger than the UK?

   Borneo is over three times bigger than the UK. Greenland and New Guinea are a little larger. At an estimated 130 million years old, Borneo's rainforest is two times as old as the Amazon rainforest in South America.

   Are the Sentinelese cannibals?

   The Sentinelese are hunter-gatherers.

   What countries have no snakes?

   An unlikely tale, perhaps—yet Ireland is unusual for its absence of native snakes. It's one of only a handful of places worldwide—including New Zealand, Iceland, Greenland, and Antarctica—where Indiana Jones and other snake-averse humans can visit without fear.

   Are the Sentinelese inbred?

   The term 'inbred' has come to have connotations which aren't necessarily true for the North Sentinelese. If you are expecting them to have a set of genetic defects, you are probably incorrect. The North Sentinelese have inhabited their island for many generations, and undoubtedly are closely genetically related.