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	About Coastal Temperate Rain Forests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Temperate rain forests have, since the mid-20th century, been recognized as a distinct biome type.
		These forests stand mainly in watersheds that empty directly into saltwater and, as a result, are fundamentally shaped by the cycling of water and nutrients between land and sea.
		In virtually every stretch of the eight thousand kilometer coastline that supports these forests around the world, residents are seeking to diversify local economies and to capture more of the value of the raw materials harvested and exported from the rain forest fringe.
	www.inforain.org /about_ctrf.htm (379 words)

	Rain Forest - MSN Encarta
		Rain forests also play a critical role in global climate regulation by absorbing carbon dioxide, a gas believed to be partially responsible for global warming.
		Rain forests are typically hot and steamy—the average annual temperature is 25° C (77° F).
		Rain forests are not found where the temperature drops close to 0° C (32° F) because their resident plants and animals are not well adapted to withstand frost.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552810/Rain_Forest.html (876 words)

	Temperate rain forest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Temperate rain forests may be predominantly coniferous (with deciduous trees in understory), broadleaf evergreen, or mixed forests with deciduous species, and occur in Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests and Temperate coniferous forests ecoregions.
		The Colchian Rain Forest of Ajaria, Georgia in the Caucasus
		The Valdivian rain forests occur in the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests ecoregions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Temperate_rain_forest (1143 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA45, Temperate Rain Forest, Chile
		Conditions for rain forest in southern South America are provided by the Andean Cordillera intercepting strong westerly winds along the Pacific coast during winter and summer months and the cool northward-flowing oceanic Humboldt Current maintaining humid and foggy conditions in coastal locations.
		The cool-temperate rain forest is most appropriately considered a mosaic of floristic types responding locally to key environmental gradients and soil conditions, reflected in gradual shifts in dominance and species richness.
		Forests were destroyed as the land was cleared for settlements and agriculture, and trees were cut for construction materials and fuelwood.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa45.htm (4307 words)

	America's Rainforests
		Coastal temperate rain forests are found in wet, cool climates where the collision of marine air and coastal mountains causes large amounts of rainfall.
		Not all forests in the tropics are rain forests!
		Mangrove forests grow in the swampy, intertidal margin between sea and shore and are often considered part of the rain forest complex.
	rainforests.pwnet.org /4teachers/background.php (3968 words)

	Quinault Rain Forest
		The Quinault Rain Forest is one of four rich temperate rain forest canopies that lie within the west side of Washington’s Olympic Mountains.
		Adding gray to the colors of the rain forest is the everchanging river bars along side streams, the east and north forks and the main flow of the Quinault River.
		Rain or shine the Quinault Rain Forest is enchanting, and when the sun shines it is transformed into paradise.
	www.quinaultrainforest.com /pages/rainforest.html (1362 words)

	Olympic National Park Temperate Rain Forests of North America
		The broad leaf trees associated with temperate rain forests, such as bigleaf maple, vine maple, alder and fl cottonwood are deciduous, not evergreen.
		This is because temperate rain forest trees tend to be taller and bigger around than their tropical counterparts, although the tropical trees often have large swollen bases called flying buttresses.
		Much more animal life occurs in the canopy of tropical rain forests than in temperate rain forests, i.e., a host of monkeys, birds, snakes and other creatures dwell there, some of which are brightly colored, some of which have loud, piercing voices and some which are poisonous.
	www.youra.com /olympic/rainforest.html (997 words)

	Scholastic News: Rain Forest
		Temperate rain forests occur at higher latitudes than do tropical rain forests—usually in wet coastal areas.
		Other temperate rain forests are also found on the southeast coast of Chile; in Australia and New Zealand; and in some coastal areas of Norway, Japan, and Great Britain.
		In temperate rain forests in the Northern Hemisphere, conifers (trees that produce cones) such as redwoods and Sitka spruces are often the dominant trees.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/rainforest/temperate.asp (190 words)

	Unasylva - Vol. 2, No. 2 - An estimate of the shrinkage of Africa's tropical forests
		The loss of forest area to the grasslands is due largely to tine' clearing done by native populations and to destruction of forests by fire.
		The tropical rain forest is losing to the high grass savanna, the temperate rain forest to the mountain grassland and the dry forest (monsoon forest) to the acacia-tall grass savanna.
		Where the dry forest is broken into clumps or park land areas or single trees, much the same type of ecotone is presented as that between the tropical rain forest and the high grass savanna.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5343e/x5343e03.htm (880 words)

	America's Rainforests
		The deer and elk which inhabit the temperate rain forest during the winter prefer to feed on the softer needles of western hemlock and western redcedar.
		Tropical rain forests are located in the warm regions south of the Tropic of Cancer and north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
		Tropical rain forests have the greatest biodiversity, and the only tropical rain forest in the United States is found on the island of Puerto Rico.
	rainforests.pwnet.org /4students/index.php (1999 words)

	Forest Ecosystem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Temperate forests are in regions where the climate changes a lot from summer to winter.
		Tropical rain forests are in regions where the climate stays constant all year long.
		Temperate forests are almost always made of two types of trees, deciduous and evergreen.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/earth/forest_eco.html (216 words)

	Gale Schools - Environment - Biomes - Rain Forest - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sometimes the term rain forest is used to refer to any forest in tropical or semitropical regions.
		Tropical rain forests, also called jungles, are located for the most part in a belt around the equator.
		If conditions are right, a mixed forest of sun-loving and shade-loving trees may continue for many years, which is usually true in a rain forest with its many tree species.
	www.galeschools.com /environment/biomes/rain_forest/index.htm (1000 words)

	Pacific temperate rain forests - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pacific temperate rain forests of North America are the largest temperate rain forest zone on the planet.
		The Pacific temperate rain forests occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America, from Kodiak Island in Alaska through Canada to northern California, and are part of the Nearctic ecozone.
		These rain forests occur in a number of ecoregions, which vary in their species composition, but are predominantly of conifers, sometimes with an understory of broadleaf trees and shrubs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_temperate_rain_forests (515 words)

	Olympic National Park Information Page
		Temperate rain forest is found at low elevations along the Pacific Ocean coast and in the western-facing valleys of the peninsula where lots of rain, moderate temperatures, and summer fogs exist.
		The temperate rain forest in the valleys of the Quinault, Queets, and Hoh rivers are protected and contain some of the most spectacular examples of the Sitka spruce community.
		Forest managers and scientists are currently studying the status of the spotted owl population as well as the potential of new timber harvest techniques to decrease the impacts of logging on the owl's habitat.
	www.olympic.national-park.com /info.htm (8430 words)

	Scholastic News: Rain Forest
		Tropical rain forests are home to a wide array of animal life, including parrots, monkeys, sloths, insects, bats, and more.
		In the tropical rain forest, little wind occurs to pollinate plants, and plants of the same species may be far apart.
		Most flowers in the rain forest are pollinated by bees, which are drawn by the bright colors of the flora.
	teacher.scholastic.com /scholasticnews/indepth/rainforest/animals.asp (467 words)

	Temperate Rain Forests: Interesting Thing of the Day
		Temperate rain forests are, on average, much cooler than tropical rain forests, and also subject to greater seasonal variations.
		In a temperate rain forest, by contrast, most of the animal life is on or near the ground.
		Alas, temperate rain forests are disappearing just as quickly as their tropical counterparts—in part due to the fact that their gigantic trees make such excellent lumber.
	itotd.com /articles/230/temperate-rain-forests (1135 words)

	Rain Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rain forests occur in a band around the Earth between the Tropic of Capricorn (about 23° S. latitude) and the Tropic of Cancer (about 23° N. latitude).
		Rain forests have a myriad of unknown and little known plants and insects, from which a great number of new lifesaving medicines and compounds could be discovered and extracted.
		Unfortunately, at the rate that rain forest is disappearing worldwide, many of these medicines and compounds may never be discovered.
	www.occultopedia.com /r/rain_forest.htm (978 words)

	Ecotrust Publications - Characteristics of the Coastal Temperate Rain Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Coastal temperate rain forests are found in wet, cool climates where the collision of marine air and coastal mountains causes large amounts of rainfall.
		The worldwide distribution of coastal temperate rain forests has always been limited and today much of their remaining thirty to forty million hectares is located in Chile and along the Pacific Northwest of North America.
		In effect, the high tide line does not bound the coastal rain forest ecosystem: the forest influences the abundance and distribution of coastal sea life, and a number of animal species return the favor by carrying marine nutrients back into coastal watersheds.
	www.ecotrust.org /publications/CTRF.HTML (780 words)

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		This is a picture of a part of the everglades temperate rain forest.
		The forest is split into five different layers, the first layer witch is at the very top and it is called the emergent layer.
		Temperate forests are most notable because they go through four seasons.
	www.riverdale.k12.or.us /~dnebert/biome/eleanorj.htm (473 words)

	Forest Ethics : New York Times -- Canada to Shield Five Million Acres (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Raven deity swooped down on the land at the end of an ice age and decided that one out of every 10 fl bears born from that moment on would be bleached as "spirit bears." It was to be a reminder to future generations that the world must be kept pristine.
		A wilderness of close to five million acres, almost the size of New Jersey, in what is commonly called the Great Bear Rain Forest or the Amazon of the North will be kept off limits to loggers in an agreement that the disparate parties describe as a crossroads in their relations.
		Within minutes of a recent helicopter visit to Princess Royal Island, in the heart of the rain forest, a group of visitors saw a pack of six gray and fl wolves, a seal and numerous bald eagles and swans.
	www.forestethics.org /article.php?id=1329 (1290 words)

	The Temperate Rain Forest
		Temperate rain forests are found on the western edge of North and South America, where moist air from the Pacific Ocean drops between 60 and 200 inches of rain a year.
		Unlike the tropical rain forest, the temporate rain forest has seasonal varition, with summer temperatures rising to about 80 degrees Fahrenheit and winter temperatures dropping to near freezing.
		For example, the topmost layer of the temperate rain forest on the western edge of North America is dominated by four kinds of tall coniferous trees.
	curriculum.calstatela.edu /courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/rainforest/temp_rain/temprain.html (576 words)

	WWF \| WWF in Action \| Conservation Results \| Chilean Rain Forest
		Now, less than two years later, WWF and its partners are celebrating the inauguration of the resulting Valdivian Coastal Reserve -- 147,500 acres of coastal temperate rain forest in southern Chile -- and marking a milestone in forest conservation.
		In the 2003 acquisition, partners purchased 147,500 acres of biologically rich temperate rain forest, including 13,000 acres that had been clear-cut to raise non-native eucalyptus trees to be restored to native forest.
		The Coastal Range is part of the Valdivian Temperate Rain Forest, the only temperate rain forest in South America and the second largest of the five major temperate forest systems on Earth.
	www.worldwildlife.org /forests/results/chile.cfm (305 words)

	Rain Forest - Olympic National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The temperate rain forest in the valleys of the Quinault, Queets, and Hoh rivers are protected and contain some of the most spectacular examples of undisturbed Sitka spruce/western hemlock forests in the lower 48 states.
		This ecosystem stretches along the Pacific Coast from Oregon to Alaska; other temperate rain forests are found in several isolated areas throughout the world.
		Seldom does the temperature drop below freezing in the rain forest and summertime highs rarely exceed 80 F. The dominant species in the rain forest are Sitka spruce and western hemlock; some grow to tremendous size, reaching 300 feet in height and 23 feet in circumference.
	www.nps.gov /olym/edurain.htm (321 words)

	GORP - Temperate Rainforests of the Pacific Northwest
		The best way for humans to have any real knowledge or appreciation of such rain forests is to visit them, to put on hiking boots and walk softly amongst their quiet happenings, preferably in all seasons.
		High in the forest canopy, lichens pull nitrogen from the atmosphere and drop it as fertilizer.
		The Pacific Northwest temperate rain forest is not just trees, but a web of life that supports more than 200 wildlife species and more than 1,500 types of invertebrates.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/publishers/fulcrum/forest_rain.htm (790 words)

	Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Forests should be sustainably to meet the ecological, economic,social,cultural and spiritual human needs of present and future generations.
		These needs are for forest products and services, such as wood and non-wood products, water, microclimate,absorption of green house gases (carbon sinks and reservoirs) mitigation of global warming,shelter, employment,rcreation,habitat for wildlife,landscape diversity and maintaining the productivity of the country.
		The emphasis of the new national forest policy on the involvement of communities in the management of forest resources has stimulated a growing awreness on the importance of forestry extension.
	envfor.nic.in /icfre/icfre.html (1119 words)

	What Makes a Temperate Rain Forest ?
		- grow in one acre of land in the Olympic rain forest.
		Fallen, decayed trees become nurse logs for new seedlings, which otherwise would be crowded out on the forest floor.
		Colonnades of trees standing in a row are the grown-up seedlings that rooted on nurse logs.
	www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/ol/flora/combo.html (116 words)

	Ecuador Amazon Ecuador Jungle Ecuador tropical rain forest Ecuador Amazonas Ecuador Oriente
		The Amazonas ecosystem, particularly its tropical rain forest, is considered to be one of the richest and most complex communities of plant and animal life in the world.
		Covering approximately 12'000,000 H., the major area of the Ecuadorian Amazon supports exuberant vegetation that is typical of humid tropical forests, its western limit is the Andes Mountain Range, Peru lies to the south and Colombia to the north.
		On a walk through the forest, you will observe groups of monkeys, boars and large rodents; and in the lagoons there are manatees and caymans.
	ecuaworld.com /discover/oriente.htm (713 words)

	Exploring the Redwoods - the Temperate Rain Forest of Northern California
		Exploring the Redwoods - the Temperate Rain Forest of Northern California
		The term "old growth", synonymous with "ancient" and "all aged," actually refers to the entire forest community.
		The Avenue of the Giants and the Bull Creek Road pass through some of the finest remaining forests, but the best way to experience the redwood's cathedral-like grandeur is to hike one of the many easy park trails.
	www.sunnyfortuna.com /explore/redwoods-temperate-rain-forest.htm (255 words)

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