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= RAINFOREST = = A RAINFOREST IS A WARM AND WET FOREST. THERE ARE MANY PLANTS AND ANIMALS IN THE RAINFOREST LIKE MONKEYS,TUCANS, AND JAGUARS. IN A RAINFOREST IT CAN RAINS OVER 80 INCHES OF RAIN EACH YEAR. = = = =The Layers of the Rainforest= = EMERGENT = =**The Emergent has giant trees. It is the top layer of the rain forest. Birds and insects live in the giant trees. CANOPY **= =**Most of the animals that live in the rainforest live in the layer called the canopy. Some of the animals are monkeys, frogs, lizards,birds, snakes, sloths,and small cats. The trees in the canopy are about 100 feet tall.All of these are some thing that the layer of the canopy has. **= = = =**UNDERSTORY The understory is a cool and dark envirment. Many animals live in the understory like birds, monkeys and lizards.The understory is the third layer in the rainforest. **=

= FOREST FLOOR = = Many animals live in the forest floor like elephants,jaguars, and tapirs. It's very dark and cool. There's piles and piles of leaves. It's the bottom layer. = 


 * __THE LOCATIONS OF RAIN FORESTS__**

===Rainforests are very hot because they are near they are near the equator. The equator is an imaginary line that divides the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere. Rain forests are found in Asia,South America,Central America,Africa, and Austrailia. ===


 * __THINGS WE GET FROM THE RAIN FOREST__**

= __FUN FACTS__ __ __ =
 * You get over 80 inchs of rain each year.
 * The canopy is over 100 ft. tall.
 * The emergent layer has trees that are over 150ft.
 * There are so many species of insects that they can't name them all.
 * The rainforest is near the equator.
 * There are some people that live in the rainforest. They are called indigenous people.