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rain forest

NOUN
forest with heavy rainfall
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The same area of seagrass can absorb 35 times the amount a tropical rain forest can.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Old growth forests are certainly critically important keepers of habitats, but older forests, including rainforests like the Amazonian rain forest, are valuable primarily as carbon storage forests, not carbon sequestering forests.

From Seattle Times Dec. 7, 2023

In the show, celebrities of all eras are joined together to live in the harsh conditions of the Australian rain forest.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 29, 2023

Every rain forest we bulldoze for cattle and every open pit lithium mine we carve out to power our Teslas is hardly different than a Cordyceps fungus turning its host into a zombie.

From Salon Oct. 31, 2023

While the rain forest had more kinds of animals than any other habitat—with many species still undiscovered—they were often difficult to see.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple



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