Rainforests are classified by climate, altitude, and latitude, either alone or in cobination. The equatorial rainfoest refers to forests found in the equatorial zone 10 degrees either side of the equator . In cases where the rain forest extends beyond the tropics, it is refered to as the subtropical rain forest. In areas that experience pronounced changes in season, a cycle of wet and dry seasons, the forests are classified as monsoon rain forests . Rain forests that establish themselves on tropical mountains are called montane rain forests; However all of thses rain forests can be easily classified into two distinct groups; Tropical, and Temperate. Tropical rain forests are chacterized by broad leaf evergreen trees that form a closed canopy . Below the canopy is a network of vines and ep

Throuought history, humans have invaded on rain forests for living space, timber, and other agricultural puposes. There are a large number of natural phenomena and human activities that have had an impact on rain forests, lightning fires, disease, and other natural forces are now of minimal influence compared to human activities such as logging, road building, and large-scale clearing for cattle pasture and other agricultural crops. The large-scale clearing that takes place in nearly all rain froest areas is so extensive that hundreds of years would probably be needed for anything resembling the original vegetation to return. In tropical rain forests the practice of "shifting cultivation" has caused deterioration of the primary forest. Trees are killed in small plots that are cropped for two or three seasons and then abandoned; if the plots are recultivated before primary vegetation has reestablished itself, a progressive deterioration of the forest results. Since the 1970's the rate of tropical deforestation has accelerated graetly. Total rates of tropical deforestation are difficult to estimate, but probably 100 000 sq km of rain forest are destroyed or seriously degraded every year. Some highly unique

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