Question

Write about the equatorial type of forest.

Answer 1

EQUATORIAL EVERGREEN RAINFOREST VS. MOIST FOREST

There are two major types of wet tropical forests: equatorial evergreen rainforests and moist forests, which includes monsoon forests and montane/cloud forests. Equatorial rainforests, often considered the "real rainforest," are characterized by more than 80 inches (2,000 mm) of rain annually spread evenly throughout the year. These forests have the highest biological diversity and have a well-developed canopy "tier" form of vegetation. Roughly two-thirds of the world's tropical wet forests can be considered the equatorial type. These forests are near the equator where there is very little seasonal variation and the solar day is a constant length all year round. The greatest expanses of equatorial rainforest are found in lowland Amazonia, the Congo Basin, the Southeast Asian islands of Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

Tropical moist forests are found at a greater distance from the equator where rainfall and day length vary seasonally. These forests get "only" 50 inches (1,270 mm) of rain annually and are markedly distinguished from equatorial rainforests by a cooler dry season. During this dry season, many trees shed some or even all their leaves, creating a seasonal reduction of canopy cover and allowing more sunlight to reach the forest floor. The increased sunlight reaching the forest floor allows the growth of vigorous understory vegetation not found in lowland equatorial forest. Such moist forest is found in parts of South America, the Caribbean, West Africa, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka.

Answer 2

Equatorial type of forest:

Explanation:

• Equatorial forests are located in an equator it is covered 6% of the earth's surface.
• They are often in lowland areas and climatically conditions of these forests are "hot" and "wet" all year.
• The another name of equatorial rain forests are also called as tropical rainforests.
• Equatorial types of rainforests are found all over the world, it is located both in tropical regions and temperature regions.
• Annually it covered 80 inches of rainfall in these forests and it spread evenly through the year.