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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Tropical Forest

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1. Muhammad Haqi Yusuf (1515061030)
2. Harlika Nobra Setia (1515061029)
3. M. Reyhan Aditya (1515061027)



The definition of a tropical forest is natural forest located between lines 23 ° 27 'North latitude and 23 ° 27' South Latitude, located in the tropical climate. Tropical forests are in South Asia and Southeast Asia, northern Australia, most parts of Africa, the Pacific Islands, Central America and most parts of South America. Size of the tropics encompass 30 percent of the total area on the surface of the earth.

In the area of ​​tropical forest there are only two seasons: the rainy season and the dry season, with rainfall tinggi.Berbeda with sub-tropical or temperate that has four seasons, summer (summer), autumn (autum), winter (winter) and spring (spring). (Ardiananda, 2008).

Formed in the Tropical forest and tropical areas, with a minimum annual rainfall ranges between 1,750 millimeters (69 in) and 2,000 millimeters (79 in). While the average monthly temperature is above 18 ° C (64 ° F) throughout the year.

Feature Tropical forest
1.Location: rainforests lie in the tropics.
2.Rainfall: rainforests obtain a rainfall of at least 80 inches annually.
3.Canopy: rainforests have a canopy, the layers of branches and leaves formed by closely spaced rainforest trees.
4.Biodiversity: rainforests have tingkan diversity of biota high (biodiversity). Biodiversity is the name for all living things such as plants, animals, and fungi were found in an ecosystem. Researchers believe that about half of the plants and animals found on earth live in the rain forest.
5.Feature Climate is always wet. high rainfall. and uneven, dry to moist soil and a variety of soil types.

The function of the Tropical forest
1. provide a home to many plants and animals;
2. help stabilize the world's climate;
3. protect from floods, drought, and erosion;
4. The source of medicine and food;
5. tribal support human life; and is a fascinating place to visit
6. Rainforests provide a home for wild plants and animals. Rainforests is home to many species of plants and animals in the world,

Rainforests help stabilize the world's climate by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere believed to contribute to climate change through global warming. Therefore rainforests have an important role in tackle global warming. Rainforests also affect weather conditions local by creating rainfall and moderating temperatures

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