### aggregation | vegetation | forest:

Rainforest
* All rainforests receive small amounts of nutrients in rainfall.
* Avoid buying products made from rainforest hardwoods like mahogany and rosewood.
* Examine the rainforests and the abundant life they harbor.
* Most rainforests are in Brazil , though Peru , Ecuador , Colombia and Bolivia also have some.
* Most rainforests have diversity
  - heavy rain
  - lie near the equator
* Most rainforests provide habitats
  - resources
  - shelter
  - support prey
* Some rainforests are dominated by angiosperms
  - grow near coastal seawaters
* Some rainforests have distinct seasons
  - dry seasons
  - hide animals
  - possess chimpanzees
  - surround cities
* act like giant sponges, soaking up moisture, and then releasing it slowly
  - sponges for rainfall
* affect global weather patterns very much
  - the greenhouse effect , which traps heat inside the Earth's atmosphere
* also grow along the northern Pacific coast of North America.
* also have large amounts of humidity, or water vapor in the air
  - value as tourism destinations and for the ecosystem services provided
  - play an essential part in regulating the earth's atmosphere
  - protect soil from eroding, and they influence the climate of an area
* are a key element of global weather systems
  - vital part of the world's complex and sensitive ecosystems
* are also a major source of new medicines
  - essential in maintaining the balance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
  - sources for medicine
  - the richest ecosystems on earth
* are also very busy at night when different animals, called nocturnal animals, wake up
  - humid and warm
  - an endangered biome
  - areas of the world with very high rainfall
  - dangerous places, with many predators out to eat a tasty frog
  - dense forests of tall trees in a region of year-round rainfall and warmth
* are essential in keeping their locale moist
  - to life itself
  - exotic and unique where strange plants and animals live which inspires many people
* are extremely diverse, containing a wide variety of plants and animals
  - important in the ecology of the Earth
* are forests that get a great deal of rain and have extremely diverse wildlife
  - with a great deal of rainfall and very thick vegetation at the canopy
  - full of life
  - generally humid and occur in areas of high rainfall
  - genetic reservoirs for the earth
  - gifts of nature and are home to numerous species of animals
  - good habitat for birds because of the availability of food and shelter
  - home to more species of plants and animals than any other ecosystem on Earth
  - homes for more animals, birds and insects than any other places on Earth
  - hot and wet
  - hugely complex webs of life
  - increasingly vulnerable to fire worldwide
  - jungles near the equator
  - magical places that are important to every living thing on earth
  - natural things
  - necessary for our survival
  - part of the global weather system
  - particularly rich systems because of the continuancy of optimal conditions
  - so large and thick that for many years very few people lived or went there
  - susceptible to human disturbance
* are the Asian elephant's most important habitat
  - lungs of our earth
  - most productive and most complex ecosystems on Earth
* are the oldest ecosystems on earth
  - types of vegetation on the earth
  - only known habitat for thousands of plants and animals
  - origin of many foods in our diet
  - tropical forest of the earth's equatorial zone
  - womb of life
  - therefore good places to find fruit-eating pigeons
  - unique areas where strange animals thrive in the warm, wet climate
  - vast storehouses of lumber and minerals
* are very dense, warm, wet forests
  - rainy area with high humidity
  - warm all year long
* comprise a great deal of the sparsely populated lands of the nations.
* contain more species than any other habitat on our planet.
* control climate by influencing wind, rainfall, humidity and temperature.
* cover less than two percent of the Earth's surface.
* covers much of the land and the climate is hot and monsoonal.
* create their own climate.
* dominate much of the country.
* feed waterfalls which tumble into river gorges.
* grow in ever-wet conditions where rainfall is heavy and spread throughout the year
  - the hot wet lands near the equator
  - on deeper, more fertile soils with moister soil conditions
* has many different kinds of animals as well as plants.
* have a lot of biodiversity as they have both sunlight and water
  - continuous rainfall, very warm temperatures, and powerful tropical sunlight
* have intense tropical sunlight, high temperatures and virtually constant rainfall
  - temperatures, and almost constant rainfall
  - plenty
  - the most biomass and deserts have the least
* help control the world's climate
  - prevent soil erosion
* host a large diversity of wildlife.
* impact the temperatures and weather patterns throughout the world.
* is an important part of natural environment
  - confined to the south west
  - found at the lower slopes and at the higher elevations evergreen forest exist
  - highly efficient in trapping light and thus promoting photosynthesis
  - home to small forest animals able to live and travel in the continuous forest canopy
  - the adjective that describes the noun, plants
* just take time to grow.
* occur in both temperate and tropical regions.
* play a major role in the earth's climate.
* play a vital role in the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
  - planet's life-support system
* produce huge amounts of oxygen and purify the Earth's air
  - large amounts of oxygen and they also purify the Earth
  - much needed oxygen, medicinal plants, and food
  - homes for the greatest variety of wildlife found anywhere in the world
* regulate local weather and global climate
  - rainfall on a global level which in turn affects global climate
* run all the way down to the sea and islands pepper the coast.
* serve as an important barrier from the outside world.
* shelter many plant and animal species.
* species extinctions per day.
* supply food, medicine, oxygen, and clean water
  - yummy foods
* teem with life, both flora and fauna.
* thrive with life of all kinds.