Geography: TRF

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rainforest location
between 5° N and S
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rainforest continents
S. America, SE Asia, Central Africa, Oceania
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Names
Names
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TRF mean temp
27°C
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TRF rainfall
1945mm
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emergent trees
50m
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what does the canopy protect?
humus layer
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Biomass
350 tonnes/ha
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April 2014
Floods on Madeira river
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Porta Velho river
20m above normal
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how many people died and were evacuated?
60 died, 68,000 evacuated
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how much of rain on grassland travel directly into rivers?
1/2
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how much of the Peruvian rainforest was cleared?
30,000km 2000-2012 for subsistence farming
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how much does one tree store?
550kg of carbon
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who sells carbon credits?
Surui tribe REDD+
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who company uses GPS to locate deforestation?
Google
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what is used to fill gaps and preserve biodiversity?
Coca, coffee, banana and vanilla
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what does the humus layer do?
no need for fertilisers
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rainforest continents

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S. America, SE Asia, Central Africa, Oceania

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Names

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TRF mean temp

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TRF rainfall

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