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* ?Tropical Rainforest Tropical rainforest is a special place on the Earth. It’s mysterious. It’s beautiful. It’s natural. It’s attractive. It’s …… A?tropical rainforest?is an ecosystem type? that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator (in the equatorial zone between the?Tropic of Cancer??and?Tropic of Capricorn?). This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall. Rainforests can be found in?Asia,?Australia,?Africa,?South America,?Central America,?Mexico?and on many of the?Pacific,Caribbean, and?Indian Ocean?islands. Within the?World Wildlife Funds biome classification, tropical rainforests are thought to be a type of?tropical wet forest?(or?tropical moist broadleaf forest) and may also be referred to as?lowland equatorial evergreen rainforest. Tropical rainforests?are characterized in two words: warm and wet. Mean monthly temperatures exceed?18 °C(64?°F)?during all months of the year.?Average annual rainfall is no less than 67?inches (30 m) and can exceed 400?inches (1,016?cm), although it typically lies between 175?cm (69?in) and 200?cm (79?in).?This high level of precipitation often results in poor soils due to leaching of soluble nutrients. *