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Ecuador: rainforest Earth's floral regions tropical forests and deforestation
Why are rainforests so important?
Amazon deforestation: slash-and-burn Logging in Borneo Epiphytic orchid Ferralsol soil profile harlequin frog (Atelopus)
Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids
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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.
Ecosystems
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Ghost forest along the Lewis Gut - a stream along the coast near Core Point, North Carolina. Photographed in 2022
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A handout photo made available by Greenpeace Brazil showing smoke rising from the fire at the Amazon forest in Novo Progresso in the state of Para, Brazil, August 23, 2019.
What Happens to Earth If the Amazon Rainforest Is Completely Burned?
Model of global ocean currents and temperatures
How Do Ocean Currents Affect the Biosphere?
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Saving the World’s Largest Trees
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Why are rainforests so important?
Rainforests are where the ancestors of humans first evolved—and where our closest...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Behold the multitude of Amazonian arthropods including spiders, scorpions, beetles, and mantids
Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Take a stroll through the scenic tropical rainforest of Tamborine National Park and the beautiful Curtis Falls in Queensland, Australia
A walk through a tropical rainforest in Tamborine National Park, Queensland, Australia,...
Video: © Fun Travel TV (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Ecuador: rainforest
Rainforest vegetation grows along the northern coast of Ecuador.
© Victor Englebert
Earth's floral regions
Floral kingdoms, subkingdoms, and major regions of the world.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
tropical forests and deforestation
Tropical forests and deforestation in the early 21st century.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Amazon deforestation: slash-and-burn
Slash-and-burn forest clearing in the Amazon.
© Stockbyte/Getty Images
Logging in Borneo
Trucks on a road transporting recently harvested logs near Sabah's border with Kalimantan...
Stockbyte/Thinkstock
Epiphytic orchid
An epiphytic orchid (Dendrobium species) in bloom.
E.R. Degginger
Ferralsol soil profile
Ferralsol soil profile from Brazil, showing a deep red subsurface horizon resulting...
© ISRIC, www.isric.nl
harlequin frog (Atelopus)
Strikingly colored harlequin frog (Atelopus species) in Ecuador.
Pete Oxford/Nature Picture Library
Indonesian faunal boundaries
A map of faunal boundaries in the Indonesian archipelago.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Tropical rainforest
Vegetation profile of a tropical rainforest.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Earthstar
An earthstar (Geastrum) fungus, growing on moist soil among mosses.
Larry West—The National Audubon Society/Photo Researchers
Lianas
A tangle of woody lianas in a tropical rainforest. The vascular tissues of lianas...
© Gary Braasch
Epiphytic bromeliads
A tree supporting numerous epiphytic bromeliads (Vriesea species).
Luiz Claudio Marigo/Bruce Coleman Ltd.
Mango fruits
Mangoes growing on a tree (Mangifera indica).
© Oksana Schmidt/stock.adobe.com
Queensland, Australia: tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest vegetation, Queensland, Australia.
© Goodshoot/Jupiterimages
A tropical rainforest in the Roseau River valley, Dominica.
Randolph Femmer/NBII Image Gallery
mango
Mango (Mangifera indica).
Robert C. Hermes—The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers
Malaysia: rainforest
Palm trees in a tropical rainforest landscape, Malaysia.
© Stéphane Bidouze/stock.adobe.com
Tropical forests in Southeast Asia
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Figure 1: Worldwide distribution of tropical rainforests.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
terrestrial biomes of the world
Worldwide distribution of major terrestrial biomes.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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